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Tremor - Easily Seen but Difficult to Describe and Treat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

D.A. Grimes
D.A. Grimes*
Affiliation:
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
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Tremor is a common movement disorder yet many physicians struggle with its terminology as well as with its treatment. Attempts have been made to develop standard terminology and criteria for tremors but this process continues to evolve. In this review, a summary of the currently-proposed phenomenology and syndromic classification of all types of tremor is presented. The diagnosis and management of essential tremor is presented in more detail, as it is the most commonly encountered tremor.

Résumé

RÉSUMÉ

Le tremblement est un dérdre du mouvement fréent qui, pour plusieurs mécins, comporte des difficultéterminologiques et thépeutiques. On a tentée délopper une terminologie et des critès standard pour les tremblements, mais ce processus est en constante élution. Dans cette revue, nous préntons un sommaire de la phémélogie actuelle et une classification syndromique de tous les types de tremblement. Comme le tremblement essentiel est le tremblement le plus fréemment rencontréson diagnostic et sa prise en charge sont préntéen déil.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 30 , supplement S1: A Peer-Reviewed Supplement to the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , February 2003 , pp. S59 - S63
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2003

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