Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments
This perspective article addresses the critical and up-to-date problem of task-specific musician’s dystonia (MD) from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Theoretically, MD is explored as a result of impaired sensorimotor interplay across different brain circuits, supported by the most frequ...
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| author | Joy Grifoni Joy Grifoni Valeria Crispiatico Anna Castagna Rosa Maria Converti Marina Ramella Angelo Quartarone Teresa L’Abbate Teresa L’Abbate Karolina Armonaite Karolina Armonaite Luca Paulon Luca Paulon Francescaroberta Panuccio Franca Tecchio |
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| description | This perspective article addresses the critical and up-to-date problem of task-specific musician’s dystonia (MD) from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Theoretically, MD is explored as a result of impaired sensorimotor interplay across different brain circuits, supported by the most frequently cited scientific evidence—each referenced dozens of times in Scopus. Practically, MD is a significant issue as it occurs over 60 times more frequently in musicians compared to other professions, underscoring the influence of individual training as well as environmental, social, and emotional factors. To address these challenges, we propose a novel application of the FeeSyCy principle (feedback-synchrony-plasticity), which emphasizes the pivotal role of feedback in guiding inter-neuronal synchronization and plasticity—the foundation of learning and memory. This model integrates with established literature to form a comprehensive framework for understanding MD as an impaired FeeSyCy-mediated relationship between the individual and their environment, ultimately leading to trauma. The proposed approach provides significant advantages by enabling the development of innovative therapeutic and preventive strategies. Specifically, it lays the groundwork for multimodal psycho-physical therapies aimed at restoring balance in the neural circuits affected by MD. These strategies include personalized psychotherapy combined with physical rehabilitation to address both the psychological and physiological dimensions of MD. This integration offers a practical and value-added solution to this pressing problem, with potential for broad applicability across similar conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2df05fcd53d4461484a209cf2e0566d12025-01-22T07:11:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Network Physiology2674-01092025-01-01410.3389/fnetp.2024.15085921508592Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatmentsJoy Grifoni0Joy Grifoni1Valeria Crispiatico2Anna Castagna3Rosa Maria Converti4Marina Ramella5Angelo Quartarone6Teresa L’Abbate7Teresa L’Abbate8Karolina Armonaite9Karolina Armonaite10Luca Paulon11Luca Paulon12Francescaroberta Panuccio13Franca Tecchio14Faculty of Psychology and of Engineering, Uninettuno University, Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational neuroScience LET’S, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies ISTC, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, Roma, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, ItalyIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, ItalyIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, ItalyIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, ItalyIRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino Pulejo”, Messina, ItalyFaculty of Psychology and of Engineering, Uninettuno University, Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational neuroScience LET’S, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies ISTC, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, Roma, ItalyFaculty of Psychology and of Engineering, Uninettuno University, Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational neuroScience LET’S, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies ISTC, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, Roma, ItalyLaboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational neuroScience LET’S, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies ISTC, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, Roma, ItalyEngineer Freelance, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational neuroScience LET’S, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies ISTC, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, Roma, ItalyThis perspective article addresses the critical and up-to-date problem of task-specific musician’s dystonia (MD) from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Theoretically, MD is explored as a result of impaired sensorimotor interplay across different brain circuits, supported by the most frequently cited scientific evidence—each referenced dozens of times in Scopus. Practically, MD is a significant issue as it occurs over 60 times more frequently in musicians compared to other professions, underscoring the influence of individual training as well as environmental, social, and emotional factors. To address these challenges, we propose a novel application of the FeeSyCy principle (feedback-synchrony-plasticity), which emphasizes the pivotal role of feedback in guiding inter-neuronal synchronization and plasticity—the foundation of learning and memory. This model integrates with established literature to form a comprehensive framework for understanding MD as an impaired FeeSyCy-mediated relationship between the individual and their environment, ultimately leading to trauma. The proposed approach provides significant advantages by enabling the development of innovative therapeutic and preventive strategies. Specifically, it lays the groundwork for multimodal psycho-physical therapies aimed at restoring balance in the neural circuits affected by MD. These strategies include personalized psychotherapy combined with physical rehabilitation to address both the psychological and physiological dimensions of MD. This integration offers a practical and value-added solution to this pressing problem, with potential for broad applicability across similar conditions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnetp.2024.1508592/fulltask-specific focal dystoniasensory-motor integrationpsychic traumamulti-sensory multimodal rehabilitationfeedback synchrony plasticity: the FeeSyCy principle governing networksnetwork physiology |
| spellingShingle | Joy Grifoni Joy Grifoni Valeria Crispiatico Anna Castagna Rosa Maria Converti Marina Ramella Angelo Quartarone Teresa L’Abbate Teresa L’Abbate Karolina Armonaite Karolina Armonaite Luca Paulon Luca Paulon Francescaroberta Panuccio Franca Tecchio Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments Frontiers in Network Physiology task-specific focal dystonia sensory-motor integration psychic trauma multi-sensory multimodal rehabilitation feedback synchrony plasticity: the FeeSyCy principle governing networks network physiology |
| title | Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments |
| title_full | Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments |
| title_fullStr | Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments |
| title_short | Musician’s dystonia: a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments |
| title_sort | musician s dystonia a perspective on the strongest evidence towards new prevention and mitigation treatments |
| topic | task-specific focal dystonia sensory-motor integration psychic trauma multi-sensory multimodal rehabilitation feedback synchrony plasticity: the FeeSyCy principle governing networks network physiology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnetp.2024.1508592/full |
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