P1.204 Combined resting–postural tremor – a variant of essential tremor
✍ Scribed by M.C. Ahlskog; K.A. Josephs; J.H. Bower; J.E. Ahlskog
- Book ID
- 117753529
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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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.
We studied the effects of transcranial motor cortex stimulation on the electromyographic characteristics of tremor in 9 patients with familial essential tremor and in 12 patients with postural tremor associated with Parkinson's disease. Transcranial magnetic stimulation reset both types of tremor eq