How Do I Examine for Re-Emergent Tremor?

ABSTRACT: Although rest tremor is the typical form of tremor associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), particularly the tremor-dominant subtype,1 parkinsonian patients may also exhibit postural tremor. In many parkinsonian patients, this postural tremor emerges after a latency of a few seconds or even minutes. In our original description, we coined the term "re-emergent tremor" to differentiate this postural tremor from essential tremor, which occurs without any latency, and to link it to PD rest tremor that is "reset" after some latency when a new holding posture is assumed.2 The relationship of this re-emergent tremor to the typical rest tremor is supported by the observation that this tremor shares many characteristics with the typical rest tremor, such as the same, 3 to 5-Hz frequency, occasiona

SUBMITTER: Jankovic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178735 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature