Patients with essential tremor can have manual dexterity and attention deficits with no impairments in other cognitive functions

Medeiros, Leonardo Mariano Inácio; Castro, Pollyanna Celso Felipe de; Felı́cio, André Carvalho; Queiros, Bárbara Bernardo; Silva, Sônia Maria Cesar Azevedo; Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai; Bertolucci, Paulo Henrique Ferreira; Borges, Vanderci

doi:10.1590/0004-282x20160006

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“…Некоторые исследователи отмечают наличие таких симптомов, как проблемы с мочеиспусканием, запоры, нарушения сна, но они встречаются реже по сравнению с проявлениями, упомянутыми выше [22][23][24][25]. В работе Medeiros et al высказано предположение, что у пациентов с ЭТ и гипосмией есть вероятность, что в итоге может перейти в БП, но это утверждение не совсем может быть верно, так как допускается вариант наличия ЭТ плюс синдром [26].…”

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Essential tremor not just a tremor (review)

Shiderova¹,

Karimova²,

Kaishibayeva³

et al. 2021

Medicine

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Essential tremor is one of the most common movement disorders. The nature of this disease is not fully understood. It was believed that this pathology manifests itself only by tremor, and symptoms such as depression, anxiety and apathy in patients with essential tremor can only be regarded as a reaction to the presence of tremor. Cognitive impairment is a concomitant pathology that can occur in the elderly, which accounts for a more frequent onset of the disease. But is it really so Purpose of the study. To study the literature data to identify the presence in patients with essential tremor of such signs that can be attributed to the group of "non-motor" symptoms. Material and methods. In order to study the literature data, a search was carried out in the Web of Science, PubMed databases. During the search, all articles published since 2000 were examined and the following terms were used in combination with "essential tremor": "non-motor symptoms", "anxiety", "depression", "apathy", "cognitive impairment", "sleep disorders", "hearing impairment", "hyposmia". The main search terms were studies based on the study of patients with essential tremor: meta-analyzes, original studies, retrospective and cohort studies. Results and discussion. It can be unambiguously argued that symptoms such as anxiety, depression, apathy and cognitive, hearing and smell dysfunctions are characterised to the patients with essential tremor. The first three manifestations were attributed to the response to the presence of tremor. And cognitive functions, hearing and smell dysfunctions was considered a concomitant pathology, which occurs quite often in old age, which accounts for a more frequent onset of the disease. But in reality, everything is not so simple. The literature data, which began to appear over the past 20 years, make it clear that the previously mentioned clinical manifestations may well be regarded as "non-motor" symptoms of essential tremor. Conclusion. Nowadays neurologists are increasingly faced with the problem of differential diagnosis of essential tremor. Despite the fact that everything was very simple and clear on the diagnosis of this disease, in recent years more and more data have appeared in favor of the fact that essential tremor is a heterogeneous disease that manifests not only by tremor. But this is also a disease, which, due to its heterogeneity of pathophysiology, can give great variability in the clinical picture. Keywords: essential tremor, nonmotor symptoms, anxiety, depression, cognitive impairnment, dementia.

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Essential tremor not just a tremor (review)

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Karimova²,

Kaishibayeva³

et al. 2021

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“…Recent studies have shown that this disease may have symptoms other than action tremor and these symptoms include cognitive deficits, behavioral symptoms, cerebellar symptoms and different personality traits. 1,2 Besides that, some studies showed that ET may exhibit clinically relevant psychopathology. These psychopathologies are cognitive deficits, anxiety, depression and different personality traits.…”

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Adults With Essential Tremor

Oğuztürk¹,

Alpua

Ulusoy³

2022

MNJ

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Background: Essential tremor is the most common movement disorder. İn this disease, which is characterized by tremor that increases with action and passes at rest, different accompanying symptoms can also be seen. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in adults with ET. Methods: Fifty six essential tremor patients and 56 controls were included in the study. Patients were recruited from outpatient clinic at Kirikkale University Medicine Faculty. An informed consent form was signed by each patient after detailed information. Institutional ethics committee approval was obtained. Patients’ characteristics such as education level, gender, age and disease duration were recorded. Symptoms of ADHD in patients and controls were determined by using the Adult Report Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Self Report Scale. Short Form-36 and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were also performed. Essential tremor severity was determined by using the Whiget essential tremor scale. Results: Essential tremor patients had significantly higher rate of Adult Attention Disorder Self-Report Scale Deficit/Hyperactivity scores compared to controls. Scores of Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Scale were associated with depression and anxiety scores and physical and mental component scores of Short Form-36 in bivariate analyses. There was a positive correlation between tremor severity and ASRS scores( ASRS A scores= 17,3±5,5, p=0,032, ASRS B scores= 27,7±6,7,p=0,043, ASRS T scores= 45±12,2, p=0,017) however there was no significant statistical relationship between the duration of disease and ASRS scores. Conclusion: This study showed that ADHD symptoms can be observed in adult essential tremor patients and this may be associated with increased psychosocial morbidity and lowered quality of life in ET patients.

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