García de Yébenes J
Neurology Department, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Mov Disord. 1995 Jul;10(4):413-7. doi: 10.1002/mds.870100402.
Occupational dystonia is a frequent clinical symptom in musicians and has been described as muscle spasms and hand cramps in pianists. Robert Schumann had a neurological impairment of his right hand that was not clinically diagnosed during his life and that impaired his career as pianist from his early 20s. This disturbance was characterized by pain and by rigidity of the fingers, which extended to other segments of his right upper extremity while he was performing and that increased with stress and improved with muscle relaxation. This disturbance produced a progressive impairment of his writing. We here hypothesize that Schumann's neurological problem was consistent with dystonia.
职业性肌张力障碍是音乐家常见的临床症状，在钢琴演奏者中表现为肌肉痉挛和手部抽筋。罗伯特·舒曼右手存在神经功能障碍，生前未得到临床诊断，这从他20岁出头就开始影响他作为钢琴家的职业生涯。这种障碍的特征是疼痛和手指僵硬，在他演奏时扩展到右上肢的其他部位，且在压力下加剧，肌肉放松时改善。这种障碍导致他的书写能力逐渐受损。我们在此假设，舒曼的神经问题符合肌张力障碍。
