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Movement Disorders
Imagine if parts of your body moved when you didn't want them to. If you have a movement disorder, you experience these kinds of impaired movement. Dyskinesia is abnormal uncontrolled movement and is a common symptom of many movement disorders. Tremors are a type of dyskinesia.
Nerve diseases cause many movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Other causes include injuries, autoimmune diseases, infections and certain medicines. Many movement disorders are inherited, which means they run in families.
Treatment varies by disorder. Medicine can cure some disorders. Others get better when an underlying disease is treated. Often, however, there is no cure. In that case, the goal of treatment is to improve symptoms and relieve pain.
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Overviews
- Movement Disorders(American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
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Latest News
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NIH Study Advances Understanding of Movement Control(01/28/2013, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
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NIH Study Advances Understanding of Movement Control
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Electromyography (EMG)(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Treatment
- Botulinum Neurotoxin: Your Questions Answered(We Move) - PDF
- Deep Brain Stimulation(American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
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Disease Management
- Managing Your Life in Motion(We Move) - PDF
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Specific Conditions
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Angelman Syndrome(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Short Summary
- Bradykinesia(We Move)
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Chorea(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Short Summary
- Chorea and Choreoathetosis(We Move)
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Fragile X-Associated Tremor and Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS)(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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Myoclonus(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Also available in Spanish
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Myoclonus(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Neuroacanthocytosis(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis Disease(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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- Paroxysmal Dystonia and Dyskinesias(Dystonia Medical Research Foundation)
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Psychogenic Movement(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Sydenham Chorea (Saint Vitus Dance)(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Tardive Dyskinesia(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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- Tics(We Move)
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Angelman Syndrome
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Related Issues
- Dressing with Ease, Style and Comfort(ALS Association) - PDF
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Ataxia(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Chorea(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Movement Disorders(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Torticollis(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Ataxia
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Genetics
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Genetics Home Reference: Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Angelman syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Chorea-acanthocytosis(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Christianson syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Deafness-dystonia-optic neuronopathy syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Essential tremor(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Familial paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Familial paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Hypermanganesemia with dystonia, polycythemia, and cirrhosis(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Kufs disease(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: McLeod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Myoclonic epilepsy myopathy sensory ataxia(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Myoclonus-dystonia(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Perry syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: PPM-X syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: PRICKLE1-related progressive myoclonus epilepsy with ataxia(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Sepiapterin reductase deficiency(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome
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Research
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YouTube Videos Can Inaccurately Depict Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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YouTube Videos Can Inaccurately Depict Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Movement disorders: improved understanding of early disease.
- Article: The startle syndromes: physiology and treatment.
- Article: Idiopathic bilateral strio-pallido-dentate calcinosis (Fahr's disease): a case report and...
- Movement Disorders -- see more articles
- Ataxia -- see more articles
- Tardive dyskinesia -- see more articles
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Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Terms(We Move)
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Directories
- Advocacy/Support Organizations(We Move)
- Find a Neurologist(American Academy of Neurology)
- Movement Disorder Treatment and Rehabilitation Directory(We Move)
- Neurologists and Ataxia / Movement Disorder Clinics(National Ataxia Foundation)
- Pediatric Treatment Centers(We Move)
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Organizations
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Children
- Tics, Tourette Syndrome, and OCD(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Treatment of Pediatric Movement Disorders(We Move)
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Teenagers
- Tics(Nemours Foundation)
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Patient Handouts
- Chronic motor tic disorder
- Also available in Spanish
- Deep brain stimulation
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- Facial tics
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- Hallervorden-Spatz disease
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- Movement - uncontrollable
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- Movement - uncontrolled or slow
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- Movement - uncoordinated
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- Movement - unpredictable or jerky
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- Palatal myoclonus
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- Sydenham chorea
- Also available in Spanish
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Also available in Spanish
- Transient tic disorder
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- Walking abnormalities
- Also available in Spanish
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