Jerks/ twitches resident survival guide

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

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Overview

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Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

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Common Causes

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Diagnosis

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Patient with movement disorders

Perform finger or foot tapping

Increased alternating movements

Progressive fatiguing and decrement of repetitive alternating movements

Hyperkinetic/non-rigid

Rigid

Jerky

Non-jerky

Akinetic

Hypokinetic

Bradykinetic

Sudden, brief, shock-like involuntary movements

Randomly flowing movements, which are, individually, jerky in nature

‘Stereotyped’ character of the recurrent movements

Involuntary, rhythmic and sinusoidal alternating movements of one or more body parts

Involuntary abnormal co-contraction of antagonistic muscles, which may cause sustained abnormal postures or twisting and repetitive movements

Myoclonus

Chorea

Tics

Tremor

Dystonia

Treatment

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Do's

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Don'ts

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