Treatment of patients with essential tremor

G Deuschl, J Raethjen, H Hellriegel, R Elble - The Lancet Neurology, 2011 - thelancet.com
Essential tremor is a common movement disorder. Tremor severity and handicap vary
widely, but most patients with essential tremor do not receive a diagnosis and hence are …

How common is the most common adult movement disorder? Estimates of the prevalence of essential tremor throughout the world

ED Louis, R Ottman… - … disorders: official journal …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Essential tremor (ET) is the most common adult movement disorder, as much as 20 times
more prevalent than Parkinson's disease. Estimates of the crude prevalence of ET range …

Essential tremor

ED Louis - The Lancet Neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common neurological diseases; although it is a
disease about which we are only beginning to develop an understanding. Effective …

Rest tremor in patients with essential tremor: prevalence, clinical correlates, and electrophysiologic characteristics

O Cohen, S Pullman, E Jurewicz, D Watner… - Archives of …, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Background Isolated rest tremor, which is observed in some patients with essential tremor
(ET), poses a diagnostic challenge. The phenomenon has been examined in few studies …

Essential tremor: emerging views of a common disorder

J Benito-Leon, ED Louis - Nature clinical practice Neurology, 2006 - nature.com
Essential tremor (ET) is the most prevalent tremor disorder. ET has traditionally been viewed
as a monosymptomatic disorder characterized by a kinetic arm tremor, but this definition is …

Correlates of functional disability in essential tremor

ED Louis, L Barnes, SM Albert, L Cote… - Movement …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The decision to treat patients with essential tremor (ET) is based primarily on the functional
impact of the tremor. Correlates of functional disability, apart from the severity of the tremor …

Task force report: scales for screening and evaluating tremor: critique and recommendations

R Elble, P Bain, M João Forjaz… - Movement …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Movement Disorder Society established a task force to review rating scales
for the assessment of tremor. Screening instruments used in identifying patients with tremor …

Purkinje cell axonal anatomy: quantifying morphometric changes in essential tremor versus control brains

R Babij, M Lee, E Cortes, JPG Vonsattel, PL Faust… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Growing clinical, neuro-imaging and post-mortem data have implicated the cerebellum as
playing an important role in the pathogenesis of essential tremor. Aside from a modest …

Tremor-related quality of life: A comparison of essential tremor vs. áParkinson's disease patients

ED Louis, DG Machado - Parkinsonism & related disorders, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Tremor-related quality of life is a multi-dimensional concept that reflects the
physical, emotional and other health effects of tremor. Curiously, tremor-related quality of life …

Distinguishing essential tremor from Parkinson's disease: bedside tests and laboratory evaluations

MA Thenganatt, ED Louis - Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Distinguishing essential tremor from Parkinson's disease can be challenging, both in the
early stages of these diseases and as these diseases progress. Various tremor types (rest …