Movement disorders

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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)
  • Ballistic movements
  • Hemiballismus
• 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)
  • Tourette's syndrome
• 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

Journals

• Movement disorders (journal)

See also

• Medication induced movement disorders
• Movement disorder specialists
• Muscular disorders
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Neuroleptic induced movement disorders
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Symptoms