A 59-year-old woman with a background of HIV living with an uncontrollable movement disorder presented to Eoghan Donlon, MB, BCh BAO, MRCPI, of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, ...

Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...

Chorea is a movement disorder that causes involuntary, unpredictable, and abrupt movements. There are two types of chorea: primary chorea and secondary chorea. According to a 2022 article, chorea is a ...

Dyskinesia is when you experience involuntary movements. Chorea is one type of dyskinesia. It is associated with health conditions like Huntington’s disease, infection, or side effects of medications.

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) can cause uncontrollable jerking movements of the face, arms, or legs. It typically develops due to the use of certain medications. Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a rare type of ...

Akathisia is a common movement disorder associated with the use of antipsychotic medications. Ladislav Hakovec, a neuropathology professor at the University of Prague, coined the word akathisia as a ...

While you may not notice it every day, because movement comes naturally to many, there are people whose lives are disrupted by movement disorders, a diverse group of neurological conditions that make ...