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Katherine Butler has been the author or co-author of all the articles listed below.

The publications are grouped for ease of reading, and can be downloaded and printed as the reader desires.

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Performing Arts Medicine

Preventing injuries in guitarists – part 4
Acoustic Magazine, November 2011.

Preventing injuries in guitarists – part 3
Acoustic Magazine, October 2011.

Preventing injuries in guitarists – part 2
Acoustic Magazine, April 2011.

Assessment and treatment principles for the upper extremities of instrumental musicians
Rehabilition of the Hand and Upper Extremity, 2011.

Preventing injuries in guitarists – part 1
Acoustic Magazine, February 2011.

Injury prevention for musicians
Royal Society of Musicians Feature Article, February 2010.

Leading orthopaedic practice adds another “string to its bow”
London Orthopaedic Clinic press release, January 2010.

Retrospective case review of time taken for 130 professional musicians to fully return to playing their instruments following hand surgery
Hand Therapy, 2009.

Musicians’ return to playing instruments following hand surgery
Hand Therapy, 2009.

Restoring wrist rotation in injured pianists and violinists
Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 2009.

Care and Welfare Case studies
Musicians Benevolent Fund Annual Review, 2009.

Road to Recovery
The Key – In Focus, Musicians Benevolant Fund, 2008.

Musicians and Hand Therapy
Incorporated Society of Musicians Music Journal, September, 2005.

Focal Hand Dystonia affecting musicians

Focal Hand Dystonia Affecting Musicians
Neurology of Music, 2010

Regaining motor control in musician’s dystonia by restoring sensorimotor organisation
The Journal of Neuroscience, 2009.

Sensorimotor reorganisation by proprioceptive training in musician dystonia and writer’s cramp
Neurology, 2008

Focal Hand Dsytonia affecting musicians. Part 1: An Overview of Epidemiology, pathophysiology and medical treatments
The British Journal of Hand Therapy, 2006.

Focal Hand Dystonia affecting musicians. Part 2: An overview of current rehabilitative treatment techniques
The British Journal of Hand Therapy, 2006.

Pathophysiological differences between musician’s dystonia and writer’s cramp
Brain, 2005.

Hand Therapy

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy in the hypermobile adult
Hypermobility, Fibromylagia and Chronic Pain, 2010

Regional complications in joint hypermobility syndrome – the hand
Hypermobility, Fibromylagia and Chronic Pain, 2010

Tendonopathies of the Hand and Wrist
AOCP, 2007

A Functional Thumb Metacarpal Extension Blocking Splint
Journal of Hand Therapy, 2005.

London Hand Therapy:

  • Injury prevention
  • Hand and upper limb assessment and treatment
  • Postoperative management

Hand Therapy is both an art and a rehabilitation science for the upper extremity. The injured limb is evaluated and assessed, and a variety of treatment methods are used to achieve set therapeutic goals.

Hand therapists are qualified Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists who have become skilled in treating upper limb injuries and deformities through further education, training and clinical experience.