Movement Disorders: MedlinePlus
05/21/2012 08:00 PM EDT
Source: National Ataxia Foundation
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health Movement Disorders
Imagine if you couldn't walk normally or get up from a chair, or if parts of your body moved when you didn't want them to. If you have a movement disorder, you experience these kinds of impaired movement. Dyskinesia is a common symptom of many movement disorders. Dyskinesia results in broken or jerky motions. Tremors are a type of dyskinesia.
Nerve diseases cause many movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Other causes include injuries, autoimmune diseases, infections and certain medicines. Many movement disorders are inherited, which means they run in families.
Treatment varies by disorder. Medicine can cure some disorders. Others get better when an underlying disease is treated. Often, however, there is no cure. In that case, the goal of treatment is to improve symptoms and relieve pain.
Nerve diseases cause many movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Other causes include injuries, autoimmune diseases, infections and certain medicines. Many movement disorders are inherited, which means they run in families.
Treatment varies by disorder. Medicine can cure some disorders. Others get better when an underlying disease is treated. Often, however, there is no cure. In that case, the goal of treatment is to improve symptoms and relieve pain.
MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Movement Disorders is the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
05/21/2012 08:00 PM EDT
Source: National Ataxia Foundation
Neurologists and Ataxia/Movement Disorder Clinics
Neurologists
The National Ataxia Foundation has compiled a list of potential neurological resources across the United States and in some countries. This list is offered as a service to those wishing to contact a physician who sees patients who have ataxia or other movement disorders. The NAF does not verify the medical qualifications, licenses, or medical practice capabilities of the listed physicians.
Ataxia/Movement Disorder Clinics
Alabama
- Children”s Health System — Psychomotor Disorders Clinic, Birmingham, AL
- Parkinson”s Disease and Movement Disorder Research Program — University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Arizona
California
- University of California, Irvine — Medical Center Movement Disorders Program
- UCLA Ataxia Clinic
- Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
- Stanford Movement Disorders Center
- UCSF Neurogenetics Cognitive & Movement Disorder Clinic | UCSF Memory and Aging Center
Colorado
- Colorado Neurological Institute Movement Disorders Center
- Pediatric Movement Disorders Clinic at The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO
- University of Colorado Denver Movement Disorders Clinic
Connecticut
Florida
- The Center for Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorders within the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami, Florida
- USF Ataxia Research Center
- University of Florida Ataxia Center of Excellence, Gainesville, FL
Georgia
Illinois
- University of Chicago Ataxia Center
- Southern Illinois University, Parkinson's and Movement Disorder Clinic
- Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
- The Movement Disorders Center at Rush University, Chicago, IL
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
- Johns Hopkins University Ataxia Center
- Maryland Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
- Movement Disorders Program (MDP), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
- University of Minnesota Ataxia Center
- The Movement Disorders Subspecialty Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Missouri
- Washington University School of Medicine Movement Disorders Clinic, St. Louis, MO
- Neuromuscular Disease Center at Washington University in Saint Louis
New Hampshire
New York
- The Center for Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders at Columbia University Medical Center, New York City
- University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, Episodic Ataxia Clinic
North Carolina
- Movement Disorder Center at the University of North Carolina Hospitals
- The Movement Disorders Center at Duke University, North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
- The Friedreich's Ataxia Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
- Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at University of Pennsylvania Health System
South Carolina
Tennessee
- Movement Disorders Clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- UT Medical Group, Inc.'s Department of Neurology
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Washington
- Sacred Heart Children”s Hospital Neurology Clinic, Spokane, WA
- University of Washington Medical Center Neurology Clinic, Seattle, WA
Wisconsin
Canada
- The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
- The Movement Disorders Clinic at the University of Calgary Medicine, Calgary, Alberta
- The Movement Disorders Program at the University of Western Ontario
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