Tremors: classification

Evidence-based neurology checklist on tremors: classification: Resting tremor Parkinsonian tremor Rubral (Holmes) tremor: this is a midbrain tremor Thalamic tremor Dystonic tremor Drug induced tremor Kinetic action tremor Non-kinetic action tremor Specific tremor types Unusual tremors

Resting tremor

  • Parkinsonian tremor
  • Rubral (Holmes) tremor: this is a midbrain tremor
  • Thalamic tremor
  • Dystonic tremor
  • Drug induced tremor

Kinetic action tremor

Non-kinetic action tremor

Specific tremor types

Unusual tremors

References

  1. Crawford P, Zimmerman EE. Differentiation and diagnosis of tremor. Am Fam Physician 2011; 83:697-702.
  2. Hess CW, Pullman SL. Tremor: clinical phenomenology and assessment techniques. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2012; 2: tre-02-65-356-1.
  3. Raina GB, Cersosimo MG, Folgar SS, et al. Holmes tremor: clinical description, lesion localization, and treatment in a series of 29 cases. Neurology 2016; 86:931-938. 
  4. Hess CW, Pullman SL. Tremor: clinical phenomenology and assessment techniques. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2012; 2: tre-02-65-356-1.
  5. Gironell A, Kulisevsky J. Diagnosis and management of essential tremor and dystonic tremor. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2009; 2:215-222.
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