Neurology

Movement disorders   

Questions discussed in this category



Do EMG studies such as myoclonus or tremor studies change your management?

How do you treat medically refractory sleep related movement disorder in patients who has failed medical management with dopamine agonists, gabapentin...

When should we consider getting DaT scan in patient suspecting of Parkinsonism syndrome? 

How do you manage botulinum toxin injections in a patient with cervical dystonia after getting implanted with DBS?

The most frequently taught cause of asterixis is hepatopathy and of course hepatic encephalopathy, and has other close associations (ie, uremia), I ha...

How do you manage freezing of gait in Parkinson disease when dopaminergic therapy worsens the freezing phenomenon?

What are the best options for resistant cases of ET?  Focused ultrasound or DBS?

Do you just see if the tremors are more associated with action versus static tremors? What are other clinical characteristics that can be helpful to c...

Is there a clinical scenario in which using the 10mg/100mg Carbidopa/Levodopa formulation is preferred to or more beneficial than using the more commo...

Given the bleak prognosis in HD, how do you decide which patients will benefit from DBS to treat the chorea?

Especially forms of non-pharmacologic treatment, such as physical therapy or special devices.

We often use abdominal binders and compression stockings, in addition to hydration and midodrine/fludricortisone. However, are there more targeted the...

How do you manage ADHD in patients with Tourette syndrome in order to prevent exacerbating the tics such as with medications like Aderall?


Papers discussed in this category


Neurology, 2016 Jan 08

Pract Neurol, 2015 Jun 04

Journal of neurosurgery, 2015-06

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 2015-02

Front Neurol, 2021 Jul 01

Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.), 2014

Mov Disord,

Mov Disord, 2014 Dec 05