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Movement Disorders

Resting Tremor
Movement Disorders | Neurological Signs

Resting Tremor

Byepsuadmin August 19, 2014June 15, 2022

The patients shown in the these three videos all have idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. There is a typical resting tremor that involves the upper and lower limbs in the first patient, and only the upper limbs in the second and third patient. In all three patients, the right side is more severely affected. This is often the…

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Intention Tremor
Movement Disorders | Neurological Signs

Intention Tremor

Byepsuadmin August 19, 2014June 15, 2022

As one can appreciate in this video, this middle-aged man has right-sided intention tremor. The right index finger shows exaggerated tremor when approaching the target, i.e. his nose and physician’s finger. Please note that the examiner should place his finger at around one arm’s length from the patient. This is so that the patient could…

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Postural Tremor
Movement Disorders | Neurological Signs

Postural Tremor

Byepsuadmin August 19, 2014June 15, 2022

The patient in this video has no hand tremor during rest. However, when the patient is asked to maintain her arms in an outstretched position, a right hand tremor can be seen (postural tremor). The patient also had an action tremor (not shown in this video) and was subsequently diagnosed to have essential tremor –…

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