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- Title
Successful Treatment of Baseball‐Related Dystonia (Yips) with Ventro‐Oral Thalamotomy.
- Authors
Horisawa, Shiro; Kushi, Kazuki; Kawamata, Takakazu; Taira, Takaomi
- Abstract
The causes of yips can be classified into those occurring from anxiety and those from dystonia.[2] Reports on dystonia in baseball players are scarce. Keywords: baseball; focal dystonia; thalamotomy; yips EN baseball focal dystonia thalamotomy yips 507 509 3 03/23/23 20230301 NES 230301 Yips is a motor disturbance that includes tremor, jerk, or spasm, occurring only when performing sport-related tasks.[1] Baseball yips is a well-recognized, extremely serious condition that can end the careers of professional baseball players. Right wrist flexion during pitching improved 1 year postoperatively (D,E). gl We diagnosed the patient with task-specific dystonia associated with throwing a baseball.
- Subjects
DYSTONIA; MOVEMENT disorders; FOCAL dystonia; TREATMENT effectiveness; ORAL medication
- Publication
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2023, Vol 10, Issue 3, p507
- ISSN
2330-1619
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mdc3.13637