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Task‐specific dystonia in tabla players
Author(s) -
Ragothaman Mona,
Sarangmath Nagaraja,
Jayaram Sachi,
Swaminath Pazhayannur V.,
Muthane Uday
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.20195
Subject(s) - dystonia , task (project management) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , neuroscience , neurological disorder , medicine , central nervous system disease , management , economics
Task‐specific dystonia significantly impairs the performance of approximately 8% of musicians [Lederman RJ. Muscle Nerve 2003;27:549–561]. We describe hand dystonia in two professional musicians experienced while playing tabla, a percussion instrument. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society