Case Reports of Writer's Cramps: Optimizing Function through Sensori Motor Relearning Program Kadkol Moushami S* Principal Consultant (Occupational Therapy), Independent Rehabilitation Center, Mumbai, India *Corresponding author, Moushami S Kadkol, Principal Consultant (Occupational Therapy), Independent Rehabilitation Center, Dadar, Mumbai-400014, India Telephone: +919820528831 Email: moushamikadkol@gmail.com
Online published on 28 September, 2015. Abstract The current case study emphasizes the role of rehabilitation in 2 patients with Writer's cramps. Writer's cramps are a type of Task Specific Dystonia. Repeated use of the extremity in a particular position may lead to this type of a dystonia which is functional or task specific.i.e. the hand becomes dystonic only when it performs the specific function of writing as is the case here. Both the patients were subjected to occupational therapy for 8 weeks consisting of tailored sessions of sensori motor relearning program and traditional methods. As Occupational Therapy aims at return to function, these patients were longitudinally followed up for a period of 1 year during which they resumed their normal lifestyle and there was no significant complain. This study strengthens the hope of rehabilitation for such cases and authenticates the literature which talks of such rehabilitation. Top Keywords Occupational Therapy, Sensorimotor relearning, Biofeedback, UDRS. Top |