Intention Tremor of the Legs in Essential Tremor: Prevalence and Clinical Correlates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the prevalence and assess the clinical correlates of intention tremor in the legs in essential tremor (ET) patients.

Background

The cerebellar features of ET are of growing interest to clinical neurologists. Arm tremor has an intentional component in many ET patients. Intention tremor in the legs, however, has never been systematically evaluated.

Methods

One-hundred-twenty-eight ET patients were enrolled in a clinical-epidemiological study at Columbia University. A videotaped neurological examination included 10 toe-to-target movements with each foot. Videotapes were independently reviewed by two movement disorder neurologists who noted the presence vs. absence of intentional leg tremor. Two patients underwent quantitative computerized tremor ana

SUBMITTER: Kestenbaum M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4428903 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature