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"Club-cutting" dystonic tremor: a case report

Kinley Roberts1, Barry Mahon, Killian O'Rourke

  • 1Department of Neurology, Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements (New York, N.Y.)
|October 25, 2013
PubMed
Summary

A novel task-specific dystonic tremor, termed hairdresser's dystonia, has been identified in a professional hairdresser. This condition manifests as involuntary muscle contractions during specific occupational tasks.

Keywords:
Tremorclub-cuttingdystoniahair-dressingtask-specificity

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