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CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY PRACTICE
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages 134-142Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cnp.2019.06.002
Keywords
Tremor; Electrophysiology; EMG; Accelerometry
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- NINDS Intramural program at the National Institutes of Health
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The electrophysiological characterization of hand tremors is a useful method to complement the history and physical exam of tremor patients. Our article describes the methodology (recording, processing and interpretation) used in a diagnostic/phenotypic hand tremor study conducted in our lab at the Human Motor Control Section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), at the National Institutes of Health. The necessary equipment includes two one-axis accelerometers and four-channel electromyography (EMG). The hand tremor is recorded at rest, posture with and without weight loading, and during movement (kinetic). The recorded signals are analyzed in the time and frequency domains. The characterization of the dominant frequencies in the accelerometers and their relationship with the EMG frequencies are essential for the differential diagnosis of different tremor syndromes. We describe the electrophysiological characteristics of several tremor syndromes such as enhanced physiological tremor, essential tremor, Parkinson tremor, pharmacological-induced tremor, orthostatic tremor, and functional (psychogenic) tremor. Simplified guidance for adoption of tremor studies as a clinical tool in a movement disorders subspecialty clinic is provided. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.
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