Temporal discrimination is altered in patients with isolated asymmetric and jerky upper limb tremor.
Felix GövertJos BecktepeBettina BalintLorenzo RocchiFlorian BruggerAlicia GarridoTim WalterRicci HannahJohn C RothwellRodger ElbleGuenther DeuschlKailash P BhatiaPublished in: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society (2019)
These results indicate that indeterminate tremor, as defined in this study, shares electrophysiological similarities with dystonic tremor rather than essential tremor. Therefore, we propose that indeterminate tremor should be considered as a separate clinical entity from essential tremor and that it might be dystonic in nature. Somatosensory temporal discrimination appears to be a useful tool in tremor classification. © 2019 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.