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PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Netw. Physiol.
Sec. Systems Interactions and Organ Networks
Volume 4 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnetp.2024.1508592
This article is part of the Research Topic Cortico-Muscular Network Interactions View all 4 articles

Musician's Dystonia: A Perspective On The Strongest Evidence Towards New Prevention And Mitigation Treatments

Provisionally accepted
Joy Grifoni Joy Grifoni 1Valeria Crispiatico Valeria Crispiatico 2ANNA CASTAGNA ANNA CASTAGNA 3Maria Rosa Converti Maria Rosa Converti 3Marina Ramella Marina Ramella 3Angelo Quartarone Angelo Quartarone 4Teresa L'Abbate Teresa L'Abbate 1Karolina Armoanite Karolina Armoanite 1Luca Paulon Luca Paulon 5Francescaroberta Panuccio Francescaroberta Panuccio 6Franca Tecchio Franca Tecchio 7*
  • 1 Università Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 2 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
  • 3 Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus (IRCCS), Milan, Lombardy, Italy
  • 4 Bonino Pulejo Neurology Center (IRCCS), Messina, Italy
  • 5 Engineer Freelance, 00159, Rome, Italy
  • 6 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 7 Laboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational neuroScience LET’S, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Sicily, Italy

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    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-synchronyplasticity), 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.

    Keywords: task-specific focal dystonia, sensory-motor integration, psychic trauma, multi-sensory multimodal rehabilitation, Feedback Synchrony Plasticity: The FeeSyCy Principle Governing Networks, Network physiology

    Received: 09 Oct 2024; Accepted: 19 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Grifoni, Crispiatico, CASTAGNA, Converti, Ramella, Quartarone, L'Abbate, Armoanite, Paulon, Panuccio and Tecchio. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Franca Tecchio, Laboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational neuroScience LET’S, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Sicily, Italy

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