Combined resting–postural tremor of the head with a changing axis

✍ Scribed by Dr. Abraham Rapoport; Hava Braun; Alex Aviv; Ida Sarova

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 159 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• DOI: 10.1002/mds.870060312

✦ Synopsis

When essential tremor involves the head, it produces a rhythmic, periodic movement with a certain fixed frequency and a variable amplitude. The axis of the tremor has been described as either horizontal (no-no) or vertical (yes-yes) and is present when the head is in an action or postural position. Seven patients who differ in symptoms are described; one subgroup exhibited a combined resting-postural tremor of the head, sometimes with a changing axis; three patients had only postural head tremor with a changing axis.