Orthostatic tremor - pearls

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3639768-12"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Hassan A, Ahlskog AE, Matsumotos JY.  Orthostatic tremor: clinical, electrophysiologic and treatment findings in 184 patients.  Neurology 2016; 86: 458-464.The article is a Mayo series of 184 patients seen over 37 years.  Definition: lower body tremor activated on standing, absent when seated or lying, improved by walking or leaning.  Patients report leg shaking, unsteadiness and imbalance.  Electrophysiologic findings are unique:  a 13-18 hz tremor of lower limbs or trunk.  Demographics:  64 percent were female, mean age 59 years, (range 13-88) .  One hundred percent reported symptoms only when standing and absent while seated.  Descriptions included "imbalance, unsteadiness, weakness, 'funny feeling,' 'jelly legs,' leg tightness, pain, tremor, shakiness, or quivering.  Sixty percent of cases included the arms.  24 percent had falls.  28 percent had other types of tremors included ET, which could be associated with a response to alcohol.  Other associated tremors included head tremor  (1), handwriting tremor (2), functional (1), jaw tremor (1).  Forty percent had other neurol...
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