Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Focal embouchure dystonia (FED) is a type of task-specific dystonia affecting wind instrument players, and it frequently ends their professional careers. The results of the treatments of FED in the reported literature are disappointing. OBJECTIVE:We report 3 patients with FED who were brass instrument players. In 1 patient, we evaluated the usefulness of a dental splint. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patient 1 was a 28-year-old trumpeter who was suffering from an intermittent tremor of the lower jaw. Following the usage of a dental splint, her symptoms disappeared completely. Patient 2 was a 29-year-old horn player with atonia of the lower facial muscles. In this case, medication with various drugs brought no benefit, and he ended his career. Patient 3 was a 43-year-old trombone player who suffered involuntary contractions and relaxation of the perioral muscles along with clumsiness of tongue movement. Extraction of double teeth and long-term cessation of playing for 20 years did not bring any positive effects. CONCLUSION:We propose that FED can be categorized into three subgroups according to masticatory, facial and lingual types, and that the dental splint might be a useful therapeutic strategy for the masticatory type of FED.
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Eur Neuroljournal_title
European neurologyauthors
Satoh M,Narita M,Tomimoto Hdoi
10.1159/000329578subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-01-01 00:00:00pages
85-90issue
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0014-3022issn
1421-9913pii
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66pub_type
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