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Article

Sensitive Training through Body Awareness to Improve the Writing of Patients with Writer’s Cramp

by
Flavia Quadros Boisson Waissman
1,2,
Marco Orsini
1,3,
Osvaldo J.M. Nascimento
1,
Marco Antônio A. Leite
1 and
João Santos Pereira
1,2,*
1
Neurology Department, Fluminense Federal University - UFF, Niteroi
2
Movement Disorders Section, Neurology Service, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, The Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ
3
Science Reabilitation, University Center Augusto Motta - UNISUAM, Bonsucesso, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Neurol. Int. 2013, 5(4), e24; https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e24
Submission received: 27 August 2013 / Revised: 28 October 2013 / Accepted: 29 October 2013 / Published: 18 November 2013

Abstract

The aim of this article is to evaluate if body awareness is important to improve the writing ability before using the splints. Twelve patients with writer’s cramp were evaluated by a specialist in movement disorders. The Burke-Fahn-Marsden Scale (BFM), the Jedynak Protocol and the Analog Pain Scale were used. The rehabilitation training was administered over an eight-week period, in two phases of four weeks each, twice a week. Each session would last 60 minutes. A significant improvement was shown, not only in the motor, but also in the pain perception, through the BFM scale, the Jedynak Protocol and the Analog Pain Scale. Therefore, we conclude that the motor training, thanks to the body awareness and immobilization by splints of the affected dystonic musculature, led to an important improvement in the writer’s cramp writing.
Keywords: writer’s cramp; focal dystonia; rehabilitation; writing writer’s cramp; focal dystonia; rehabilitation; writing

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Waissman, F.Q.B.; Orsini, M.; Nascimento, O.J.M.; Leite, M.A.A.; Pereira, J.S. Sensitive Training through Body Awareness to Improve the Writing of Patients with Writer’s Cramp. Neurol. Int. 2013, 5, e24. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e24

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Waissman FQB, Orsini M, Nascimento OJM, Leite MAA, Pereira JS. Sensitive Training through Body Awareness to Improve the Writing of Patients with Writer’s Cramp. Neurology International. 2013; 5(4):e24. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e24

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Waissman, Flavia Quadros Boisson, Marco Orsini, Osvaldo J.M. Nascimento, Marco Antônio A. Leite, and João Santos Pereira. 2013. "Sensitive Training through Body Awareness to Improve the Writing of Patients with Writer’s Cramp" Neurology International 5, no. 4: e24. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e24

APA Style

Waissman, F. Q. B., Orsini, M., Nascimento, O. J. M., Leite, M. A. A., & Pereira, J. S. (2013). Sensitive Training through Body Awareness to Improve the Writing of Patients with Writer’s Cramp. Neurology International, 5(4), e24. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e24

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