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Correlations In Acquiring Musician’S Dystonia Amongst Professional Musicians: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver Jan 2021

Correlations In Acquiring Musician’S Dystonia Amongst Professional Musicians: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

Dystonia happens at a remarkable rate amongst musicians. The definition of acquired dystonia are types of dystonia that develop from other factors that cause damage or degenerate to the body the brain. Dystonia is a disease that is not fully understood by science and requires more research to uncover the disease’s abundance in professional musicians. Many medical studies have been done in regards to dystonia in the general population but there is still large questions about why dystonia is a crisis in the musical world. It is a topic misunderstood by most musicians and largely mysterious to the majority of …


Focal Dystonia: Roads To Rehabilitation Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver Jan 2021

Focal Dystonia: Roads To Rehabilitation Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

A look into the different pathways of rehabilitation of musicians of developed focal dystonia in terms of different types of treatment and ways to cope with the condition.