Focal task‐specific tremors | Zendy

Soland Valerie L. | Zendy; Bhatia Kailash P. | Zendy; Volonte Maria A. | Zendy; Marsden C. David | Zendy

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Focal task‐specific tremors

Author(s) -

Soland Valerie L.,

Bhatia Kailash P.,

Volonte Maria A.,

Marsden C. David

Publication year - 1996

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.870110611

Subject(s) - focal dystonia , essential tremor , dystonia , movement disorders , task (project management) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , neurological disorder , psychology , neuroscience , central nervous system disease , pathology , disease , management , economics

Focal task‐specific tremors besides primary writing tremor have rarely been reported in the literature. We describe inne cases of focal tremors induced by different specific tasks, involving a repetitive and frequently performed movement. Only one of these patients had a family history of any similar disorders. There was no overt dystonia in any of the cases, but these tremors may be forms of focal dystonia, rather than a manifestation of essential tremor.

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