Research progress in non-motor symptoms of essential tremor

Abstract

Essential tremor (ET), a movement disorder characterized by postural or kinetic tremor as the main clinical manifestations, is one of the most common neurological diseases. Traditional view contends that essential tremor is a benign movement disorder with merely motor symptoms. Recent researches show that patients may have some non-motor symptoms besides motor symptoms. Researches and exploration on its non-motor symptoms provide us with a new perspective for clinical diagnosis, treatment and better understanding of the disease. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2014.05.016

Keywords

• Essential tremor
• Cognition disorders
• Olfaction disorders
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Sleep disorders
• Review