Improved motor control after alteration of somatosensory input: Prognostic value of “glove effect” in pianists with dystonia
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Musician’s dystonia (MD) impairs motor control and musical performance. Alteration of somatosensory input (e.g. by wearing a latex glove) may improve motor control in some MD patients. The potential association between this so-called sensory trick phenomenon and the outcome after consequent treatment with botulinum toxin and/or pedagogical retraining was assessed in 24 pianists with MD using objective performance measures. Outcomes were significantly better in those patients with a significant pre-treatment sensory trick response (positive glove effect) than in others. The glove effect seems to have a prognostic value in the treatment of patients with MD.
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Sensory trick phenomenon improves motor control in pianists with dystonia: prognostic value of glove-effect
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