movement disorders

Question 1

bradykinesia

Answer 1

slow movements

Question 2

hypomimia

Answer 2

facial masking

Question 3

hypophonia

Answer 3

quiet speech

Question 4

freezing

Answer 4

sudden involuntary arrest of movement

Question 5

festination

Answer 5

sudden involuntary acceleration

Question 6

micrographia

Answer 6

small handwriting

Question 7

arm swing in parkinsons

Answer 7

decreases

Question 8

cogwheeling

Answer 8

“ratcheting” of muscle tone

Question 9

Side effects of sinemet

Answer 9

nausea, orthostatic hypotension, confusion, sleep disturbances

Question 10

dyskinesias

Answer 10

extra movements

Question 11

dystonias

Answer 11

Involuntary contraction of muscles

Question 12

atypical parkinsonism

Answer 12

Parkinsonism not caused by PD, poor levodopa response

Question 13

NPH

Answer 13

normal pressure hydrocephalus,

Question 14

NPH symptoms

Answer 14

wet (incontinent), wobbly (walking problems), wacky (dementia)

Question 15

Imaging of NPH

Answer 15

enlarged ventricles

Question 16

treatment of NPH

Answer 16

VP shunt

Question 17

myoclonus

Answer 17

Jerks- rapid irregular movements

Question 18

Parkinsonism tremor

Answer 18

most at rest

Question 19

essential tremor

Answer 19

most with movement

Question 20

Treatments for essential tremor

Answer 20

propranolol, primidone
alcohol helps it

Question 21

chorea

Answer 21

“dance”

Question 22

tics

Answer 22

“urges”- semi-voluntary movements done to relive an urge

Question 23

coprolalia

Answer 23

repetition of obscene phrases

Question 24

echolalia

Answer 24

repetition of others words

Question 25

palilalia

Answer 25

repetition of ones own words

Question 26

treatment for restless leg syndrome

Answer 26

ferritin < 75 may improve with IV iron

Question 27

pathology of huntingtons

Answer 27

caudate atrophy