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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.