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Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders Flashcards

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what is the pathophysiology of a tremor?

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Rhythmic sinusoidal oscillation of a body part. Usually due to alternate activation of agonist and antagonist muscles.

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how are tremors classified?

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Position - Postural, Kinetic, Task specific, Isometric tremor
Distribution
Frequency
Amplitude

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what are common types of tremor?

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cerebellar
dystonic
essential
orthostatic
parkinsonian
physiological
psychogenic
rubral
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what are the features of cerebellar tremors?

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low, broad tremor of the extremities that occurs at the end of a purposeful movement

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what are the features of dystonic tremors?

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effects those with dystonia (involuntary muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive motions and/or painful and abnormal postures or position)

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what are the features of essential tremors?

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hands are most often affected but the head, voice, tongue, legs, and trunk may also be involved. Head tremor may be seen as a vertical or horizontal motion. May be accompanied by mild gait disturbance, may be mild and non-progressive – or progressive

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what are the features of orthostatic tremors?

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characterized by fast (>12 Hz) rhythmic muscle contractions that occur in the legs and trunk immediately after standing.

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what are the features of Parkinsonian tremors?

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caused by damage to structures within the brain that control movement. Resting tremor = pill rolling

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what are the features of physiological tremors?

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tremor occurs in every normal individual and has no clinical significance

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what are the features of psychogenic tremors?

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occur at rest or during postural or kinetic movement. The characteristics of this kind of tremor may vary but generally include sudden onset and remission, increased incidence with stress,

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what are the features of rubral tremors?

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coarse slow tremor which is present at rest, at posture and with intention. Associated with conditions that effect red nucleus

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what are the causes of resting tremor?

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Parkinson’s disease

Drug-induced parkinsonism

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what are the causes of psychogenic tremors?

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POSTURAL TREMOR
Essential tremor
Enhanced physiological tremor
Tremor associated with neuropathy

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what are the causes of kinetic tremors?

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Cerebellar disease (demyelination, haemorrhage, degenrative, toxic)
Wilson’s disease
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what are the causes of head tremor?

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Dystonia

Cerebellar disease

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what are the causes of jaw tremor?

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Dystonia

Parkinson’s disease

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what are the causes of palatal tremor?

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With ataxia
Symptomatic
Essential tremor

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what is the pharmacological management of tremors?

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Betablockers – propranolol
Anti-seizure medications – gabapentin and topiramate
Benzodiazepines – alprazolam and clonazepam
Parkinson’s – levodopa, carbidopa
Botulinum toxin

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what is the core criteria of essential tremors?

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Bilateral action tremor of the hands and forearms (not rest tremor)
Absence of other neurologial signs (except for cogwheel phenomenon)
May have isolated head tremor with no signs of dystonia

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what is the secondary criteria of essential tremors?

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Longy duration (> 3 years)
Positive family history
Beneficial response to alcohol

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what are the first line treatments of essential tremors?

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propanolol and primidone

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what is a tic?

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“un”-voluntary, stereotyped movements, or vocalizations.

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what are the different types of tics?

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Motor
Vocal
Stereotypies
Mannerisms
Primary and Secondary
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Motor and vocal tics can be…

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simple or complex

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what are examples of simple motor tics?

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one discrete movement) – eye blinking, head jerking, shoulder shrugging

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what are examples of complex motor tics?

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(involve a cluster of movements and appear coordinated) – pulling at clothes, touching objects, touching people, echopraxia, copropraxia

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what are examples of simple vocal tics?

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(single unarticulated sounds) – throat clearing sniffing or grunting

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what are examples of complex vocal tics?

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(stereotyped words or phrases) – echolalia, palilalia, coprolalia

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what are examples of primary tic disorder?

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Simple transient tics of childhood
Chronic tics of childhood
Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome
Adult onset Tourettism

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what are the neurodegenerative causes of secondary tics?

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Huntington’s disease, Wilson’s disease, Neuroacanthocythosis, Neuronal brain iron accumulation syndrome, Rett’s syndromes, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

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what are the developmental causes of secondary tics?

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Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities, Fragile X syndrome, Autism, non-specific mental retardation

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what are the structural causes of secondary tics?

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Post-encephalopathy, Basal ganglia lesions (usually caudate nucleus)

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what are the infective causes of secondary tics?

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Sydenham’s chorea, PANDAS

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what are the drugs and toxins causes of secondary tics?

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Carbon monoxide poisoning, cocaine, amphetamines, anticonvulsants

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what are the causes of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome?

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Autosomal dominant inheritance

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what is the diagnostic criteria for Tourettes?

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Both multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics must be present
The tics must occur many times a day, nearly every day, or intermittently for more than 1 year with no longer than 3 months interval of tic-freeness
Age of onset < 18
Exclusion of obvious secondary causes

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what is the treatment of tourette?

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Symptomatic treatment (clonidine, tetrabenazine) 
CBT
38
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what are chorea?

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brief irregular purposeless movements that flit and flow from one body part to another.
generalised or local

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what are the inherited/degenerative disorders that cause chorea?

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Huntington’s disease and HD-like syndromes
Wilson’s disease
Neuroacanthocythosis
Benign hereditary chorea
Ataxia telangiectasia
Spinocerebellar ataxia Typ 17
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what are the autoimmune disorders that cause chorea?

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SLE
APS
Bechet syndrome
Coeliac disease
Sydenham’s chorea
Hashimotos
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what are the infectious causes chorea?

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HIV

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what are the drugs that cause chorea?

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Dopamine-receptor blocking drugs, levodopa, stimulants, oral contraceptive pill, anticonvulsants

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what are the disorders that cause paroxysmal chorea?

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Parkinson’s disease

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what are the metabolic causes of chorea?

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Chorea gravidarum, glucose, thyroid, parathyroid, sodium, magnesium metabolism

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what is the symptomatic management of chorea?

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terabenazine or dopamine receptor blocking drugs.

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what is myoclonus?

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Brief electric-shock like jerks

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what is a negative myoclonus?

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a temporary cessation of muscle activity e.g. liver flap

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what is the pathophysiology of myoclonus?

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Activation from the cortex, subcortical structures, spinal cord, or nerve root and plexus.
Imbalance of neurotransmitters controlling communication of feedback loops in motor pathways - serotonin, GABA

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what are the causes of primary myoclonus?

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Hypnic jerks, hiccup
Benign infantile myoclonus with feeding / sleep
Essential myoclonus
Myoclonus dystonia
Cortical tremor
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what are the causes of myoclonus with epilepsy?

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Benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
Early infantile myoclonic encephalopathy
West’s syndrome
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Epilepsia partialis continua
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what are the causes of progressive myoclonic epilepsy and ataxia?

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	Lafora body disease
	Unverricht-Lindborg disease
	Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
	Sialidosis
	Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibres
	Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy
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Symptomatic myoclonus occurs in what conditions?

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	With encephalopathy
	Liver failure
	Renal failure
	Drug intoxication (alcohol, lithium)
	Toxins (lead)
	Post hypoxia
	Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity
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what is dystonia?

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o involuntary muscle spasm which leads to sustained abnormal postures of the affected body part.

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what are the clinical features of dystonia?

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abnormal posture is not fixed, and slow writhing movements can occur
Often improved by sensory trick
Dystonic tremor is jerky, variable in amplitude, and worsened by particular position or task

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how are dystonias classified?

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Age of Onset
Distribution
Etiology

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what are the different age of onsets dystonia?

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Early-onset (<26)

Late-onset (>26)

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what are the different distribution dystonia?

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Focal - single body region
Segmental - contiguous body region
Hemibody - Ipsilateral arm and leg
Multifocal - > 2 non-contiguous body parts
Generalized - entire body
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What are the different aetiology dystonia?

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Primary
Dystonia plus syndromes
Secondary
Heredodengerative
Paroxysmal
Psychogenic
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what are the features of primary dystonia?

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dystonia +/- tremor are the only symptom and sign

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what are the features of Dystonia-plus syndromes?

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other signs may occur, but there is no secondary cause and no neurodegeneration

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what are the features of secondary dystonia?

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clear secondary cause is present; e.g. brain injury, drug exposure

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what are the features of Heredodegenerative dystonia?

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in the context of wider neurodegenerative process

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what are the features of paroxysmal dystonia?

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episodic attacks of dystonia, often no clinical signs between attacks

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what are the clinical features of cervical dystonia?

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abnormal head posture, head tremor, head pain

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what are the clinical features of blepharospasm?

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increased blink rate, forced eye closure, difficulty opening eyes

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what are the clinical features of oromandibular dystonia?

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haw clenching (bruxism), jaw in opening position, lateral jaw shift

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what are the clinical features of spasmodic dystonia?

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Adductor - voice breaks and strain
Abductor - breathy voice
Mixed - both

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what are the clinical features of limb dystonia?

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Action dystonia’s affecting writing, playing an instrument, handling tools

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what are the clinical features of axial dystonia?

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movements of shoulders, back, or abdomen

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