medicine involuntary movements Flashcards
Pill rolling tremor of Parkinsonism
What kind of tremor
Resting tremor
Involuntary movement
Prominent at rest
Disappear with voluntary movement
Resting (static) tremor
Tremors that appear while actively maintaining a posture
Postural (action) tremor
Tremors of:
Hyperthyroidism
Anxiety and fatigue
Benign essential/familial tremor
Postural(action) tremor
Tremors that are absent at rest
Gets worse as target is neared
Intention tremors
Tremors of multiple sclerosis
Intention tremors
Rhythmic, repetitive, bizarre movements of mouth, jaw, tongue, and face
Oral-facial dyskinesia
Complicated by phenothiazines (psychotropic drugs)
Tarditive (late) dyskinesia
Occurs at irregular intervals
Brief, repetitive, stereotyped, coordinated movements
Tics
Involuntary movement
Repetitive winking
Grimacing
Shoulder shrugging
Tics
Involuntary movement observed in huntington’s disease and syndenham’s c. (with rheumatic fever)
Chorea
Involuntary movement
In tourette’s syndrome
Drug intake of phenothiazines or amphetamine
Tics
Brief, rapid, jerky, irregular, unpredictable movements
Occur at rest
Interrupt normal coordinated movements
Seldom repeats itself
Chorea
Slow, writhing, twisting, wormlike movements
Associated with spasticity
Athetosis
Involuntary movement observed in cerebral palsy
Athetosis