orthostatic tremor; postural tremor

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Etiology

Clinical manifestations

  • high-frequency tremor in the legs induced or increased in severity with assuming an erect or standing position
  • tremor resolves with sitting or action[1]

Differential diagnosis

Management

More general terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dirkx MF, Zach H, Bloem BR, Hallett M, Helmich RC. The nature of postural tremor in Parkinson disease. Neurology 2018 Mar 27; 90:e1095. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29476038