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Criteria for diagnosis of essential tremor[1,2]

Criteria for diagnosis of essential tremor[1,2]
Core criteria Secondary criteria Exclusion criteria
  • Bilateral action tremor of the hands and forearms (but not resting tremor)
  • Absence of other neurologic signs, with the exception of cogwheel phenomenon
  • With or without tremor in other locations (head, voice, lower limbs)
  • Long duration (>3 years)
  • Positive family history
  • Beneficial response to alcohol
  • Isolated focal tremors (voice, head)
  • Orthostatic tremor with frequency >12 Hz
  • Task- and position-specific tremors
  • Sudden onset and stepwise deterioration
References:
  1. Bain P, Brin M, Deuschl G, et al. Criteria for the diagnosis of essential tremor. Neurology 2000; 54(11 Suppl 4):S7.
  2. Bhatia KP, Bain P, Bajaj N, et al. Consensus Statement on the classification of tremors from the task force on tremor of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. Mov Disord 2018; 33:75.
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