NeuroTeach 6 - Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

 Movement Disorders – Dystonia (Writer's cramp)

“abnormal postures and muscle spasms interfering in writing motor performance”

- Most freq focal, task-specific dystonia.
- Managed botox > orals (anticholinergic)
- Prevalence M > F


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History of focal hand dystonia First description Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714) discussed focal hand dystonia as a muscle strain in “Scribes and Notaries” De Morbis Artificum Diatriba.


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