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 ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is being increasingly explored as a therapeutic tool for movement disorders associated with deficient inhibition throughout the central nervous ...

Many patients suffer from debilitating health conditions that cause tremors and dystonia, and prevent them from performing basic regular activities like eating, holding a glass, using a cup or a spoon ...

Saxophonist Joey Berkley lost his ability to play due to the muscular disorder focal dystonia, but experimental treatment has given him enough... An electrode in the brain restores the career of ...

One day, my hand stopped speaking to my brain. As a doctor and flute player, I had to try to understand this strange affliction The morning after performing the concert of my life, I could no longer ...

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 ...

It is what many instrumentalists would like to think happens only to other people, never themselves: An incurable motor-control disorder that hobbles their playing ability at the height of their ...