Types of Movement Disorders

There are two basic types of movement disorders:

• Those characterized by excessive muscular movements and contractions, called hyperkinetic.
• And those associated with muscle stiffness, rigidity, or slowness of movement, called hypokinetic.

Hypokinetic Disorders

• Bradykinesia
• Rigidity
• Postural Disturbances
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Parkinsonian Syndromes
• Multiple System Atrophies
• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
• Dementia with Lewy Bodies
• Frontotemporal Dementias with Parkinsonism
• Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration

Hyperkinetic Disorders

• Dystonia
• Restless Leg Syndrome
• Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep
• Tics
• Blepharospasm
• Tremor
• Tourette’s
• Ataxia
• Huntington’s Disease
• Myoclonus
• Wilson Disease
• Chorea
• Dyskinesia
• Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
• Ballism
• Hemifacial Spasm