A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report

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Autor(a) principal: Waissman,Flavia Quadros Boisson
Data de Publicação: 2010
Outros Autores: Pereira,João Santos, Nascimento,Osvaldo José Moreira
Tipo de documento: Relatório
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: São Paulo medical journal (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802010000200010
Resumo: CONTEXT: Writer's cramp is a kind of focal hand dystonia that appears when individuals are writing. Since pharmacological treatment has not shown the desired therapeutic response, a study on immobilization of the damaged musculature was performed on two individuals with writer's cramp, using splints with the objective of reducing the handwriting abnormalities. CASE REPORT: Two patients presenting writer's cramp who had previously undergone different therapies, including botulinum toxin, without an adequate response, participated in a body awareness program, followed by immobilization of the hand musculature damaged by dystonia, by means of splints, with handwriting training. At the end of the procedure, objective and subjective improvements in the motor pattern of writing could be observed. The immobilization of the dystonic musculature of the hand by means of splints and the motor training of handwriting helped to improve and consequently to reduce the dystonic component observed in the writer's cramp.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
title A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
spellingShingle A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
Waissman,Flavia Quadros Boisson
Writer's cramp
Focal dystonia
Dystonic disorders
Movement disorders
Handwriting
title_short A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
title_full A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
title_fullStr A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
title_full_unstemmed A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
title_sort A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
author Waissman,Flavia Quadros Boisson
author_facet Waissman,Flavia Quadros Boisson
Pereira,João Santos
Nascimento,Osvaldo José Moreira
author_role author
author2 Pereira,João Santos
Nascimento,Osvaldo José Moreira
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Waissman,Flavia Quadros Boisson
Pereira,João Santos
Nascimento,Osvaldo José Moreira
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Writer's cramp
Focal dystonia
Dystonic disorders
Movement disorders
Handwriting
topic Writer's cramp
Focal dystonia
Dystonic disorders
Movement disorders
Handwriting
description CONTEXT: Writer's cramp is a kind of focal hand dystonia that appears when individuals are writing. Since pharmacological treatment has not shown the desired therapeutic response, a study on immobilization of the damaged musculature was performed on two individuals with writer's cramp, using splints with the objective of reducing the handwriting abnormalities. CASE REPORT: Two patients presenting writer's cramp who had previously undergone different therapies, including botulinum toxin, without an adequate response, participated in a body awareness program, followed by immobilization of the hand musculature damaged by dystonia, by means of splints, with handwriting training. At the end of the procedure, objective and subjective improvements in the motor pattern of writing could be observed. The immobilization of the dystonic musculature of the hand by means of splints and the motor training of handwriting helped to improve and consequently to reduce the dystonic component observed in the writer's cramp.
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