Open AccessEffects of focal hand dystonia on visually guided and internally guided force control
Author(s) -
Janey Prodoehl,
Daniel M. Corcos,
David E. Vaillancourt
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.391
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1468-330X
pISSN - 0022-3050
DOI - 10.1136/jnnp.2006.091363
Subject(s) - focal dystonia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , dystonia , medicine , psychology , neuroscience
A fundamental feature underlying many movement disorders is increased variability in the motor response. Despite abnormalities of grip force control in people with dystonia, it is not clear whether dystonia is also associated with increased variability in force output and whether force variability in dystonia is affected by the presence or absence of visual feedback.