Brass Playing
Horn
Experimental details: radial FLASH, 1.5×1.5×10.0 mm3.
References:
1. Lee A, Furuya S, Morise M, Iltis P, Altenmuller E. Quantification of instability of tone production in embouchure dystonia. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014;20(11):1161-4. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.08.007. PubMed PMID: 25172127.
2. Iltis PW, Frahm J, Voit D, Joseph A, Schoonderwaldt E, Altenmuller E. Divergent oral cavity motor strategies between healthy elite and dystonic horn players. J Clin Mov Disord. 2015;2:15. doi: 10.1186/s40734-015-0027-2. PubMed PMID: 26788351; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC4711099.
3. Iltis PW, Frahm J, Voit D, Joseph AA, Schoonderwaldt E, Altenmuller E. High-speed real-time magnetic resonance imaging of fast tongue movements in elite horn players. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2015;5(3):374-81. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2015.03.02. PubMed PMID: 26029640; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC4426119.
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9. Iltis PW, Frahm J, Altenmuller E, Voit D, Joseph A, Kozakowski K. Tongue Position Variability During Sustained Notes in Healthy vs Dystonic Horn Players Using Real-Time MRI. Med Probl Perform Art. 2019;34(1):33-8. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2019.1007. PubMed PMID: 30826819.
10. Iltis PW, Frahm J, Voit D, Wood D, Taylor S. Oral Cavity Movements of the Tongue During Large Interval Slurs in High-Level Horn Players: A Descriptive Study. Med Probl Perform Art. 2022;37(2):89-97. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2022.2014. PubMed PMID: 35637561.
11. Nelkenstock R, Iltis PW, Voit D, Frahm J, Passarotto E, Altenmuller E. Movement patterns in tuba playing: comparison of an embouchure dystonia case with healthy professional tuba players using real-time MRI imaging. Front Neurol. 2023;14:1106217. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1106217. PubMed PMID: 37234782; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC10206072.
Collaboration: PW Iltis, Boston; E Altenmüller, Hannover
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Links to Videos from our Collaborators
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Peter Iltis and Eli Epstein, MRI Horn Videos: Pedagogy Informed by Science
John Ericson, Horn Notes Video Podcast 12: MRI horn insights, part 1, with Peter Iltis
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