Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...

Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder affecting about 2% of the American population, and more than 20% of those over 90 years old. Despite its prevalence and decades of study, ...

Using a common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in ...

When we think of movement disorders, the tremors associated with Parkinson's disease are probably what first spring to mind. However, there are other equally debilitating and much less well-known ...

A 59-year-old woman with a background of HIV living with an uncontrollable movement disorder presented to Eoghan Donlon, MB, BCh BAO, MRCPI, of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, ...

Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is an inherited neurological condition which has a debilitating impact on motor coordination. Affecting around 1 in 100,000 people, the rarity of SCA6 has seen it ...

Dyskinesia is when you experience involuntary movements. Chorea is one type of dyskinesia. It is associated with health conditions like Huntington’s disease, infection, or side effects of medications.

Share on Pinterest Athletes who develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from playing contact sports may have a high risk of developing Parkinsonism. Alexey Kuzma/Stocksy Playing contact sports ...

Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and the ...