Neuroscientist Joaquin Farias trained as a professional musician in his youth. He played the harpsichord, flute and piano. When he was 21, something changed — he felt as though he could not properly ...

April 15, 2005 (Miami Beach) — Golfers who get "the yips" may have a focal dystonia rather than the performance anxiety that is often considered the driving cause of the condition, according to ...

Jonathan Allen first picked up the trombone in the fourth grade. After playing for years, he eventually earned a doctorate in musical arts and a teaching position at the University of Iowa. Then, one ...

January 22, 2008 – Muscle vibration applied to small hand muscles of patients with focal hand dystonia may help regain hand motor control, a new study suggests. The study, published in the January 22 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Focal dystonia is an uncommon but often disabling disorder of instrumental musicians. This report describes four high-level bagpipers, three ...

Acclaimed Brazilian pianist João Carlos Martins had not played with 10 fingers since he lost the use of his right hand in a ...

Tubiana R, Chamagne P: Les affections professionnelles du membre supérieur chez les Musiciens. Bull Acad Nale Med 177:203–216, 1993. 3. Chamagne P: Functional assessment and rehabilitation of musician ...

He had, quite literally, the golden touch. He began winning musical competitions when he was 11, and by the time he was 30, Alex Klein had won a job as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal ...