Movement disorders are neurological conditions that affect the quality, ease, fluency and speed of movement. These changes in movement can be excessive or involuntary (hyperkinesia), slow or absent voluntary (hypokinesia) or fragmented (dyskinesia).
The following conditions are associated with movement disorders:
- Parkinson’s Disease – uncontrolled movement, tremor, stiffness
- Dystonia – lack of movement
- Ataxia – inability to move smoothly
- Restless leg syndrome – excess movement of legs due to pain and discomfort
- Tics – repetitive, uncontrolled contraction of muscles
- Tourette’s syndrome – repetitive involuntary movements and vocalizations
Other neurological diseases:
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Seizures disorder
- Epilepsy
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Guillain-Barré
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Sleep Apnea
Resources
If you are gathering information to educate yourself about neurological disorders and diseases, consider visiting these web sites:
www.neurologychannel.com
www.understandspinesurgery.com
www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/cervical.asp