Movement disorders are neurological conditions that
affect the speed, fluency, quality, and ease of movement.
Abnormal fluency or speed of movement (dyskinesia)
may involve excessive or involuntary movement (hyperkinesia)
or slowed or absent voluntary movement (hypokinesia).
Movement disorders include the following conditions:
Ataxia (lack of coordination, often producing
jerky movements)
Dystonia (causes involuntary movement and prolonged
muscle contraction)
Huntington's disease (also called chronic progressive
chorea)
Multiple system atrophies (e.g., Shy-Drager syndrome)
Myoclonus (rapid, brief, irregular movement)
Parkinson's disease
Progressive supranuclear palsy (rare disorder
that affects purposeful movement)
Restless leg syndrome (RSD) and periodic limb
movement disorder (PLMD)
Tics (involuntary muscle contractions)
Tourette's syndrome
Tremor (e.g., essential tremor, resting tremor)
Wilson disease (inherited disorder that causes
neurological and psychiatric symptoms and liver
disease)
Movement disorders are typically managed by a neurologist.
Many of these diseases are treated with combinations
of medications, physical therapy, occupational therapy
and sometimes surgery.
Surgical therapies that may be of benefit include
deep brain stimulation (DBS), surgical (radiofrequency)
ablation, gamma knife (radiosurgical) thalamotomy
and intrathecal baclofen pump implantation.
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