Focal task‐specific tremors

Valérie Soland, Kailash P. Bhatia, Maria Antonietta Volonté, C. David Marsden

Movement Disorders · 1996 · 73 citations · 18 references

Concepts

Abstract

Focal task-specific tremors besides primary writing tremor have rarely been reported in the literature. We describe nine cases of focal tremors induced by different specific tasks, involving a repetitive and frequently performed movement. Only one of these patients had a family history of any similar disorders. There was no overt dystonia in any of the cases, but these tremors may be forms of focal dystonia, rather than a manifestation of essential tremor.

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