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Classification of movement disorders
Author(s) -
Fahn Stanley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.23759
Subject(s) - movement disorders , parkinsonism , dystonia , essential tremor , extrapyramidal disorder , movement (music) , terminology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , dyskinesia , medicine , psychiatry , parkinson's disease , pathology , philosophy , disease , linguistics , aesthetics
The classification of movement disorders has evolved. Even the terminology has shifted, from an anatomical one of extrapyramidal disorders to a phenomenological one of movement disorders . The history of how this shift came about is described. The history of both the definitions and the classifications of the various neurologic conditions is then reviewed. First is a review of movement disorders as a group; then, the evolving classifications for 3 of them—parkinsonism, dystonia, and tremor—are covered in detail. © 2011 Movement Disorder Society