Focal dystonia in musicians: Linking motor symptoms to somatosensory dysfunction

Musician’s dystonia (MD) is a neurological motor disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of those muscles involved in the play of a musical instrument. It is task-specific and initially only impairs the voluntary control of highly practiced musical motor skills. MD can lead to a severe de...

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Main Authors: Juergen eKonczak, Giovanni eAbbruzzese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00297/full