Movement Disorders

• Latest News
• Diabetes May Speed Worsening of Movement Problems (10/01/2004, Reuters Health)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Spinal Cord, Nerves and Muscles (We Move)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Creatine Kinase Test (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Electromyography (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File
• Electrophysiology (We Move)
• Muscle Biopsies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Stiffness, Cramps and Twitching (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Summary of Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Angelman Syndrome (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)

• Treatment
• Botulinum Toxin Injections: A Treatment for Muscle Spasms (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Treatments (We Move)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Ataxia (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Chorea (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Movement Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Torticollis (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Angelman Syndrome (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
• Angelman Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Ataxia (We Move)
• Ataxias and Cerebellar/Spinocerebellar Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Bradykinesia (We Move)
• Chorea (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Chorea and Choreoathetosis (We Move)
• Corticobasal Degeneration (We Move)
• Dyskinesias (Paroxysmal) (We Move)
• Fragile X Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) (National Fragile X Foundation)
• Hallervorden-Spatz Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Hypertonia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Joubert Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Machado-Joseph Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Multiple System Atrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Multiple System Atrophy (We Move)
• Myoclonus (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Neuroacanthocytosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Sydenham Chorea (Saint Vitus Dance) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Tardive Dyskinesia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
• Tics (We Move)

• Coping
• Self Help Skills (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)

• Related Issues
• Dressing with Ease, Style and Comfort (ALS Association) - Links to PDF File

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Angelman syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (National Library of Medicine)
• Summary of Genetics of Angelman Syndrome (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of Terms (We Move)

• Directories
• Advocacy/Support Organizations (We Move)
• Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology)
• Pediatric Treatment Centers (We Move)

• Organizations
• Angelman Syndrome Foundation
• Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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• Children
• Pediatric Movement Disorders (We Move)