Handbook of Movement Disorders

• Main Authors: Chaudhuri, K Ray (Author), Ondo, William G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Movement disorders are a complex group of disorders spanning all aspects of neurological illnesses and range from conditions characterized by too little movement (hypokinesis) to those where movement is excessive (hyperkinesis). The classic example would be Parkinson’s disease, while other movement-...

Table of Contents:

• Parkinson’s disease
• Parkinsonian syndromes
• Dystonia
• Essential Tremor
• Restless legs syndrome
• Other movement disorders.