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. 2015 Feb 24;2(1):39-40.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12127. eCollection 2015 Mar.

"A disorder which occurs on standing": The Earliest Account of Orthostatic Tremor by Pazzaglia

Roberto Erro  1   2 , Elena Antelmi  1   3 , Kailash P Bhatia  1
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"A disorder which occurs on standing": The Earliest Account of Orthostatic Tremor by Pazzaglia

Roberto Erro et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .

Abstract

The earliest account of orthostatic tremor (OT) dates back to 1970, when Pazzaglia and colleagues reported on three patients with a peculiar disorder only occurring on standing. Although Pazzaglia et al. did not use the term OT, they first provided both the clinical and neurophysiological features of such a condition.

Keywords: orthostatic tremor; standing; tremor.

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Cover of the issue containing the paper by Pazzaglia et al.
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Original picture of the article by Pazzaglia et al. (with permission). Up to down, surface electromyography recording of the right biceps, triceps, rectus femoris, and biceps femoris muscles. In the leg, a 14‐ to 16‐Hz tremor can be seen, which stops when the patient leans onto something (arrows). In the arm, a tremor at a lower frequency is seen.
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