Tag: postural tremor

By Arif Dalvi, MD, MBAPalm Beach Neuroscience Institute By definition essential tremor (ET) is a monosymptomatic disease with tremor as the only symptom and without an underlying cause in the form of other neurological diagnoses. ET presents most commonly as a postural tremor of the hands, although a head or voice tremor are often seen. […]

By Daniel Tarsy, M.D. Orthostatic tremor is a relatively rare and typically misunderstood condition in which individuals experience marked trembling of their legs which begins immediately after they stand up. Tremor gradually increases to the point that they are unable to remain standing for more than 10-20 seconds at a time before needing to sit […]