ArticleJournal of the neurological sciences2016
Self-reported physical activity in essential tremor: Relationship with tremor, balance, and cognitive function.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Essential tremor patients experience significant burden beyond tremor: A systematic literature review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Epidemiology of Pediatric Essential Tremor in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review from 2010 to 2020.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Pooled it
- Predictors of Mortality in a Large Cohort of Elders with Essential Tremor.Neuroepidemiology · 2026Article
- Association Between Tremor Severity and Caregiving Intensity in Essential Tremor.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Work and Activity Impairment in Individuals with Essential Tremor.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Tremor Severity and Operative Parameters Predict Imbalance in Patients Undergoing Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Consensus Paper: Ataxic Gait.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2023Article
- Physical Activity as a Predictor of Cognitive Decline in an Elderly Essential Tremor Cohort: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Ataxic Gait in Essential Tremor: A Disease-Associated Feature?Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical inactivity may be the result of medical comorbidities. Inactivity itself may also lead to important health consequences, especially in older patients. Essential tremor (ET) patients may have a variety of physical and cognitive problems that could detrimentally impact on level of physical activity. Yet, to our knowledge, there have been no studies of physical activity in these patients.
methodsSelf-reported physical activity was assessed using the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) in 100 ET cases (mean age 80.5years) enrolled in a clinical study. Additional clinical measures were the total tremor score, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) score and number of steps taken off of the straight line during tandem gait (a measure of balance).
resultsLower PASE score was associated with older age, more tandem gait difficulty, higher total tremor score and lower MOCA score (all p<0.05). In a linear regression model that included total tremor score, MOCA score, number of steps off of the straight line during tandem gait, and age, higher total tremor score (p=0.046) and more steps off of the straight line during tandem gait (p=0.014) were independently associated with reductions in physical activity.
conclusionsSeveral of the motor features of ET (tremor and imbalance) are independently associated with reductions in level of physical activity.
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