ArticleTremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)2015
Functional Aspects of Gait in Essential Tremor: A Comparison with Age-Matched Parkinson's Disease Cases, Dystonia Cases, and Controls.
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- Predictors of Mortality in a Large Cohort of Elders with Essential Tremor.Neuroepidemiology · 2026Article
- Cognitive-motor interference in people with essential tremor.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Evaluating Postural Transition Movement Performance in Individuals with Essential Tremor via the Instrumented Timed Up and Go.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Six Myths and Misconceptions about Essential Tremor.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Review
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- Prospective Longitudinal Study of Gait and Balance in a Cohort of Elderly Essential Tremor Patients.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Ataxic Gait in Essential Tremor: A Disease-Associated Feature?Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Review
- Unaffected first-degree relatives of essential tremor cases have more imbalance than age-matched control subjects.Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2018Article
- The Anatomical Basis for Dystonia: The Motor Network Model.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2017Review
- Cognitive Dysfunction Is Associated with Greater Imbalance and Falls in Essential Tremor.Frontiers in neurology · 2017Article
- Self-reported physical activity in essential tremor: Relationship with tremor, balance, and cognitive function.Journal of the neurological sciences · 2016Article
- Increased Odds of Melanoma: Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia versus Controls.Neuroepidemiology · 2016Article
- Depressive symptoms can amplify embarrassment in essential tremor.Journal of clinical movement disorders · 2016Article
- Statin Use and Its Association with Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease.Neuroepidemiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn understanding of the functional aspects of gait and balance has wide ramifications. Individuals with balance disorders often restrict physical activity, travel, and social commitments to avoid falling, and loss of balance confidence, itself, is a source of disability. We studied the functional aspects of gait in patients with essential tremor (ET), placing their findings within the context of two other neurological disorders (Parkinson's disease [PD] and dystonia) and comparing them with age-matched controls.
methodsWe administered the six-item Activities of Balance Confidence (ABC-6) Scale and collected data on number of falls and near-falls, and use of walking aids in 422 participants (126 ET, 77 PD, 46 dystonia, 173 controls).
resultsBalance confidence was lowest in PD, intermediate in ET, and relatively preserved in dystonia compared with controls. This ordering reoccurred for each of the six ABC-6 items. The number of near-falls and falls followed a similar ordering. Use of canes, walkers, and wheelchairs was elevated in ET and even greater in PD. Several measures of balance confidence (ABC-6 items 1, 4, 5, and 6) were lower in torticollis cases than in those with blepharospasm, although the two groups did not differ with respect to falls or use of walking aids. DISCUSSION: Lower balance confidence, increased falls, and greater need for walking aids are variably features of a range of movement disorder patients compared to age-matched controls. While most marked among PD patients, these issues affected ET patients as well and, to a small degree, some patients with dystonia.
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