types of movement disorder

Last reviewed 01/2018

The important types of movement disorder include:

  • tremor
  • Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
  • drug induced movement disorders
  • choreo-athetosis & dystonia:
    • choreoathetoid cerebral palsy
    • Huntington's chorea
    • Sydenham's chorea
  • hemiballismus
  • tics
  • myoclonus
  • cerebellar ataxia
  • sensory ataxia