2001
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1167
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The natural history of embouchure dystonia

Abstract: Focal task-specific dystonias are unusual disorders of motor control, often affecting individuals who perform complex repetitive movements. Musicians are especially prone to develop these disorders because of their training regimens and intense practice schedules. Task-specific dystonia occurring in keyboard or string instrumentalists usually affects the hand. In contrast, there have been few descriptions of musicians with task-specific dystonia affecting the muscles of the face and jaw. We report detailed cli… Show more

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“…By embouchure we mean the use of the oromandibular muscles, most specially the orbicularis oris, in order to blow through the instrument mouth piece 5 . Regarding the later, there are some very interesting reports about dental and denture problems, highlighting the importance of these alterations in blowing quality 5,6 . Other health problems related to the professional use of a wind instrument are of neurological nature -focal oromandibular dystonias -in this group of patients 5,8 .…”
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“…By embouchure we mean the use of the oromandibular muscles, most specially the orbicularis oris, in order to blow through the instrument mouth piece 5 . Regarding the later, there are some very interesting reports about dental and denture problems, highlighting the importance of these alterations in blowing quality 5,6 . Other health problems related to the professional use of a wind instrument are of neurological nature -focal oromandibular dystonias -in this group of patients 5,8 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Curiously, very little or nothing has been reported about the larynx direct participation in this profession. In part, we owe this to the historic notion that vocal chords would not have a direct action in producing the instrument sound, the effort would be made only by the respiratory and oromandibular muscles; and the larynx should be open only to allow air flow [3][4][5][6] . The goal of this study is to evaluate wind instrument musicians' larynx and their vocal tract behaviors in order to better understand the real contribution of these anatomical structures in these professionals.…”
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“…Nesta perspectiva, alguns estudos apontaram esta atividade como causadora de danos ocupacionais, especialmente, problemas músculo-esqueléticos relacionados a disfunções temporomandibulares e alterações auditivas (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) . Esses danos podem levar ao aparecimento de problemas de saúde capazes de interferir significativamente na habilidade e na atuação do músico, podendo, até mesmo, por fim à carreira do indivíduo.…”
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“…Neste contexto, a distonia por embocadura foi descrita como distúrbio raro de controle motor, por execução de movimentos repetitivos complexos. Tais movimentos foram observados em um estudo com 26 profissionais de sopro com distonia por embocadura, com média de 40 anos de idade, no qual foi observada limitação em alcançar determinadas notas ou alteração no estilo de tocar, tremor no movimento de embocadura, movimentos involuntários de lábios, dificuldade de fechamento da mandíbula (6) . Alguns estudos relacionaram a embocadura do instrumento e problemas com os dentes ou oclusão que resultaram em alterações na qualidade do sopro produzido, reduzindo o desempenho musical (3,(6)(7) .…”
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