title: Musicians and Dystonia: Is Sleep Part of the Problem?
abstract: We would like to congratulate Lee and Altenmüller for their recent study showing important findings about the characterization of a task-specific dystonia in a young professional percussionist. The authors presented in an elegant way the EMG investigation and treatment approach and the possible differential diagnoses, raising an important question about the need for physicians' awareness of this condition when considering musicians' health. We would like to add a new point of view in order to contribute with this discussion and provide critical thinking for a multidisciplinary approach to this type of dystonia, which may affect many individuals and result in severe compromise of musical technical performance. One factor that could also be potentially associated with the percussion-related dystonia is sleep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. ml.andersen12@gmail.com.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Akamine
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hirotsu
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tufik
mesh_terms: D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy*