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Intention tremors
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Action tremor is a rhythmic, oscillatory, and involuntary movement of the limb that is seen with movement of an extremity. It may be seen in isolation with a cerebellar lesion or associated with other tremor types such as the postural tremor of essential tremor or the rest tremor of Parkinson’s disease.
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Fahn, S., & Jankovic, J. (Eds.). (2007). Tremors: Diagnosis and treatment. In Movement disorders (pp. 451–479). Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
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Hohler, A.D., de Leon, M.P. (2018). Action Tremor. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_437
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