- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Overview and Historical Perspective
- Chapter 2 Approach to History Taking and Examination of the Movement Disorder Patient
- Chapter 3 Neuroanatomy for the Movement Disorder Specialist
- Chapter 4 Functional Aspects of the Basal Ganglia
- Chapter 5 Electrophysiological Approaches to the Movement Disorder Patient
- Chapter 6 Movement Disorders: Structural and Functional Imaging
- Chapter 7 Genetic Techniques, Impact and Diagnostic Issues in Movement Disorders
- Chapter 8 Overview of Parkinsonism and Approach to Differential Diagnosis
- Chapter 9 Parkinson’s Disease: Premotor Features, Diagnosis, and Early Management
- Chapter 10 Parkinson’s Disease: Advanced Disease, Motor Complications, and Management
- Chapter 11 Non-motor Symptom Management in Parkinson’s Disease
- Chapter 12 The Many Faces of Parkinsonism
- Chapter 13 Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
- Chapter 14 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration
- Chapter 15 Primary Dementia Syndromes and Parkinsonism
- Chapter 16 Essential Tremor and Other Tremors
- Chapter 17 Dystonia: An Overview
- Chapter 18Primary Dystonia
- Chapter 19 Other Dystonias
- Chapter 20 Huntington’s Disease
- Chapter 21 Huntington’s Disease Look-alikes
- Chapter 22 Non-degenerative Choreas
- Chapter 23 Wilson Disease
- Chapter 24 Tic Disorders and Stereotypies
- Chapter 25 Myoclonus
- Chapter 26 Paroxysmal Movement Disorders
- Chapter 27 Hereditary and Acquired Cerebellar Ataxias
- Chapter 28 Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
- Chapter 29 Systemic Disease and Movement Disorders
- Chapter 30 Sleep-related Movement Disorders
- Chapter 31 Psychogenic Movement Disorders
- Index
(p. 163) Essential Tremor and Other Tremors
- Chapter:
- (p. 163) Essential Tremor and Other Tremors
- Author(s):
Steffen Paschen
and Günther Deuschl
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199609536.003.0016
Tremor is one of the most frequent movement disorders, with the majority of subjects suffering from either essential tremor or enhanced physiological tremor. However, patients presenting to the movement disorder specialist mostly suffer from tremor of Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor and a large variety of relatively infrequent tremor syndromes such as dystonic tremor, task-specific tremor, cerebellar tremor, orthostatic tremor, tremor in peripheral neuropathies, Holmes tremor, palatal tremor, and psychogenic tremor. Correct diagnosis is critical for the selection of appropriate treatments. Medical therapy is available for most tremors. Deep brain stimulation is established as treatment for drug-resistant cases for most of these indications.
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- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Overview and Historical Perspective
- Chapter 2 Approach to History Taking and Examination of the Movement Disorder Patient
- Chapter 3 Neuroanatomy for the Movement Disorder Specialist
- Chapter 4 Functional Aspects of the Basal Ganglia
- Chapter 5 Electrophysiological Approaches to the Movement Disorder Patient
- Chapter 6 Movement Disorders: Structural and Functional Imaging
- Chapter 7 Genetic Techniques, Impact and Diagnostic Issues in Movement Disorders
- Chapter 8 Overview of Parkinsonism and Approach to Differential Diagnosis
- Chapter 9 Parkinson’s Disease: Premotor Features, Diagnosis, and Early Management
- Chapter 10 Parkinson’s Disease: Advanced Disease, Motor Complications, and Management
- Chapter 11 Non-motor Symptom Management in Parkinson’s Disease
- Chapter 12 The Many Faces of Parkinsonism
- Chapter 13 Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
- Chapter 14 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration
- Chapter 15 Primary Dementia Syndromes and Parkinsonism
- Chapter 16 Essential Tremor and Other Tremors
- Chapter 17 Dystonia: An Overview
- Chapter 18Primary Dystonia
- Chapter 19 Other Dystonias
- Chapter 20 Huntington’s Disease
- Chapter 21 Huntington’s Disease Look-alikes
- Chapter 22 Non-degenerative Choreas
- Chapter 23 Wilson Disease
- Chapter 24 Tic Disorders and Stereotypies
- Chapter 25 Myoclonus
- Chapter 26 Paroxysmal Movement Disorders
- Chapter 27 Hereditary and Acquired Cerebellar Ataxias
- Chapter 28 Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
- Chapter 29 Systemic Disease and Movement Disorders
- Chapter 30 Sleep-related Movement Disorders
- Chapter 31 Psychogenic Movement Disorders
- Index