Reliability and Validity of the Embouchure Dystonia Severity Rating Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Embouchure dystonia (ED) is a task-specific movement disorder that leads to loss of fine motor control of the embouchure and tongue muscles in wind musicians. In contrast to musicians' hand dystonia, no validated severity rating for ED exists, posing a major obstacle for structured assessment in scientific and clinical settings. The aim of this study is to validate an ED severity rating scale (EDSRS) allowing for a standardized estimation of symptom severity in ED.

Methods

The EDSRS was set up as a composite score of six items evaluating audio-visual disease symptoms during the performance of three standardized musical tasks (sustained notes, scales, and fourths) separately for each body side. For validation, 17 musicians with ED underwent standardized audiovisual

SUBMITTER: Mantel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236025 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature