When the music stops: Intensive instrument playing can lead to movement disorders

A musician takes up his/her violin and starts to play, but rather than gripping the strings, the fingers seize up–and this happens every time he/she takes up the instrument. Such a movement disorder–the so-called focal dystonia— is a dramatic disease for those affected, which has thus far barely been studied.

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January 23, 2016 | Categories: Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Research | Tags: cell biology, focal dystonia, Genetics, health, medicine, neurobiology, neurology, peer reviewed, public health, science | Leave a comment