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MOvement disorders are disorders of movement. They include:
- Akinesia (lack of movement)
- Apraxia
- Ataxia
- Athetosis (contorted torsion or twisting)
- Ballismus (violent involuntary rapid and irregular movements)
- Bradykinesia (slow movement)
- Catalepsy
- Cataplexy
- Chorea (rapid, involuntary movement)
- Sydenham's chorea
- Rheumatic chorea
- Huntington's chorea
- Dyskinesia
- Dystonia (sustained torsion)
- Dystonia muscularum
- Blepharospasm
- Writer's cramp
- Spasmodic torticollis (twisting of head and neck)
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myoclonia
- Paralysis
- Parkinson's disease
- Restless Legs Syndrome RLS(WittMaack-Ekboms disease)
- Spasms (contractions)
- Stereotypic movement disorder
- Stereotypy (repetition)
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Tic disorders (involuntary, compulsive, repetitive, stereotyped)
- Torticullis
- Tremor (oscillations)
- Rest tremor (4-8 Hz)
- Postural tremor
- Kinetic tremor
- Essential tremor (6-8 Hz variable amplitude)
- Cerebellar tremor (6-8 Hz variable amplitude)
- Parkinsonian tremors (4-8 Hz variable amplitude)
- Physiological tremor (10-12 Hz low amplitude)
- Wilson's disease
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Epidemiology[]
Diagnosis[]
Treatment[]
Journals[]
- Movement disorders (journal)
See also[]
- Gait abnormalities
- Medication induced movement disorders
- Movement disorder specialists
- Muscular disorders
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Neuroleptic induced movement disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Posture
- Symptoms
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