Musician Dystonia is a focal task-specific variety of the disorder which affects up to two percent of musicians, both professional and amateur. This is a far greater occurrence than afflicts any other fine motor skill occupation. These “Writer’s Cramp” dystonias can strike surgeons, chefs, dentists, tailors, writers, and even professional golfers when putting. As with…
4th International Congress on Treatment of Dystonia: For All who Care for People with Dystonia
Under this motto almost 400 participants from 4 conti-nents met from May 8th-11th in Hannover, Germany. Together with a faculty of more than 70 world-leading experts from the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, neuropaediatrics, neurogenetics, basic sciences and allied health sciences this was, again, the leading inter-national dystonia congress. The congress emphasised on novel treatments for…
