title: Writer's cramp--a habit for reversal?
abstract: Four patients with writer's cramp were treated by nurse-therapists who used a combination of habit reversal, in vivo exposure and re-education. All four resumed normal writing activities after an average of four sessions. At follow-up 2-6 yr later, only one had relapsed, and she improved after further sessions. The brevity and simplicity of this method recommend it in the treatment of writer's cramp.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009120:Muscle Cramp / Q000628:therapy*; D011214:Practice, Psychological