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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of acupuncture for 2 patients with the writer's cramp in the outpatient-clinic of Kansai College of Oriental Medicine. We evaluated the patients by a writing test and subjective analogue score. The first case was a 67-year-old male, dextrality, a former junior high school teacher. Difficulty in writing appeared in 1997. The second case was a 67-year-old female, dextrality, a former calligrapher. Difficulty in writing was appeared in 1998. We started acupuncture treatment once a week at our clinic. Retained needles on scalp acupuncture of the upper limb area, ST11 and GB20 were used for relief of dysgraphia. A multiple epidermis penetrating needle on the palm was added in the first case. Both a writing test and subjective analogue score significantly improved after three weeks of acupuncture treatment in the first case, and after five weeks in the second case. These findings suggested that acupuncture therapy with the retained needles was beneficial for writer's cramp.
