Movement Disorders

Movement disorders* * Except Parkinsonism and tremor Submitted to AskTheNeurologist.Com in 2007 Author Anon.

What is a Movement disorder? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Types of abnormal movement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Myoclonus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Generalised myoclonus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Segmental Myoclonus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Treatment of Myoclonus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ballismus, Chorea, Athotosis and Dystonia ,[object Object],[object Object]

Because…….. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The spectrum Ballismus Dystonia Chorea Athetosis Movements become - Less violent / explosive / jerky - Smoother and more flowing - More sustained They differ from tics in that they cannot be suppressed by voluntary control

Ballismus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Chorea ( “dance” in Greek) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Athetosis “ changeable” in Greek ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dystonia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Examples of focal dystonias ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Botulinum toxin ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Causes of Chorea, Dystonia and athetosis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hereditary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wilson’s disease ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Idiopathic torsion dystonia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dopa-responsive dystonia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Drug-induced ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Secondary to medical disorders (A SHEEP)

Sydenham’s chorea ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Chorea gravidarum ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Tics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Submitted to AskTheNeurologist.Com in 2007 Author Anon.

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