title: Heavy metal curse: a task-specific dystonia in the proximal lower limb of a professional percussionist.
abstract: Task-specific musician's dystonia is highly disabling and mostly affects the upper limb or the embouchure. In a recent paper, lower limb dystonia was reported in a drummer, although no details were given as to its phenomenology and electromyography (EMG). In this paper, we report on the case of a 28-year-old drummer with a task-specific dystonia of the right thigh and describe the phenomenology of the dystonia, the EMG recording, and treatment. Furthermore, we discuss stiff leg syndrome and paroxysmal exercise-induced dystonia as two important differential diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Emmichplatz 1, 30175 Hanover, Germany. Tel +49 511 3100 552, fax +49 511 3100 552. eckart.altenmueller@hmtm-hannover.de.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eckart
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Altenmüller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance