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Chapter 18 - Movement Disorders

from Section III - Care of the Elderly by Organ System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2022

By
Tsao-Wei Liang
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Christine Arenson ,
Rebecca Elon ,
Mary H. Palmer  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Rebecca Elon
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mary H. Palmer
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Medical Center
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of the three most common disorders likely to be encountered by geriatric providers. Together, tremors, parkinsonism, and gait disorders are common enough that nearly one in three patients in a geriatrics clinic may be affected by at least one of these disorders. Each section begins with definitions of each of the conditions, clinical phenomenology, and features, followed by practical treatment approaches and algorithms. In addition, when there is overlap between conditions (i.e., atypical parkinsonism), hallmarks and red flags of each condition will be highlighted to help to compare and contrast.

Keywords

tremoressential tremorParkinson’s diseasesecondary Parkinsonismatypical Parkinsonismgait disordersdeep brain stimulationLevodopa
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
 , pp. 218 - 234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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