J Mov Disord.
2018 May;11(2):82-86. 10.14802/jmd.18007.
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined with Action Observation and Electromyographic Biofeedback Training in a Patient with Writer's Cramp
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- 1Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University, Nara, Japan. y.okada@kio.ac.jp
- 2Neurorehabilitation Research Center of Kio University, Nara, Japan.
- 3Nishiyamato Rehabilitation Hospital, Nara, Japan.
- KMID: 2413379
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.18007
Abstract
- We present a 47-year-old right-handed woman with a 15-year history of writer's cramp who was provided with six sessions of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with observation of writing actions performed by a healthy subject and electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback training to decrease EMG activities in her right forehand muscles while writing for 30 min for 4 weeks. She showed improvement in dystonic posture and writing speed after the intervention. The writing movement and writing speed scores on a writer's cramp rating scale decreased, along with writing time. Our findings demonstrated that cathodal tDCS combined with action observation and EMG biofeedback training might improve dystonic writing movements in a patient with writer's cramp.
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