[The mucisian's cramp. About the illness of Robert Schumann].
The musicians are seen in daily neurological practice facing various problems sometimes simple such as skeletal or tendon pain or even compression of a nerve trunk and sometimes more complicated such as focal dystonia. Dystonia often has a dramatic impact on the career of a musician given the complexity of the clinical and therapeutic approach and the results are often disappointing. The history of the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann illustrates this reality; through his story a discussion of both the different pathophysiological hypotheses responsible for focal dystonia, a disorder of brain plasticity, and of the multimodal therapeutic approaches, revisited in the light of neurophysiological findings will be described.
Médecin agréé, Département des neurosciences cliniques, CHUV, Av. Léopold-Robert 66, 2301 La Chaux-de-Fonds. fjochsner@yahoo.fr
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D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005197:Famous Persons; D005858:Germany; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009120:Muscle Cramp / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy