Treatment of Disorders of Tone and Other Considerations in Pediatric Movement Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Pediatric movement disorders (PMDs) consist of a heterogeneous group of signs and symptoms caused by numerous neurological diseases. Different neurological disorders in children also share overlapping movement disorders making a diagnosis of the underlying cause of the movement disorder challenging. The similarity of the symptoms across multiple disease types suggests that there may be a final common motor pathway causing the overlapping movement disorders. There are numerous disorders in children associated with disturbances in tone and involuntary movements. This chapter will focus primarily on those disorders that involve abnormalities of tone and other important considerations of pediatric movement disorders. This chapter will address rating scales and goals for treatment and will incl

SUBMITTER: Deputy SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7851300 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature