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Movement Disorders

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Movement disorders can be defined as neurologic syndromes in which there is either an excess of movement (commonly referred to as hyperkinesia, dyskinesia, and abnormal involuntary movement), or a paucity of voluntary and automatic movements unrelated to weakness or spasticity. The latter group can be referred to as hypokinesia (decreased amplitude of movement), but bradykinesia (slowness of movement) and akinesia (loss of movement) are common alternatives. The parkinsonian syndromes are the most common cause of paucity of movement; other hypokinetic disorders represent only a small group of patients. Basically, movement disorders are conveniently divided into parkinsonism and all other types. Gait is affected by most types of movement disorders, including parkinsonism, dystonia, chorea, myoclonus, and cerebellar ataxia.

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Fahn, S., Greene, P.E., Ford, B., Bressman, S.B. (2003). Movement Disorders. In: Rosenberg, R.N. (eds) Atlas of Clinical Neurology. Current Medicine Group, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4552-8_9

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