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Research at the Performing Arts Clinic

The Performing Arts Clinic is a center for research on nerve entrapment syndromes and focal dystonia in musicians. Current endeavors include:

  • Early electrodiagnosis of mild nerve entrapment syndromes
  • Surgical outcomes in ulnar decompression procedures
  • Pathophysiology of focal dystonia
  • Functional brain imaging of finger movements in musicians with normal, injured and dystonic movements
    (Functional brain imaging research at the Clinic is supported by a grant from the Milton Foundation.)

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