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Old 03-15-2009, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by chasmo View Post
How many had that?
Did their quiver go up and down or side to side??
Side to side is indicative of Essential TRemor not PD as I recall.
You can have PD ANd ET at the same time......confusing eh????

Charlie
Hi Charlie,

It is possible that these patients have essential tremor too. This comparision was done with a selection of patients who were diagonized Parkinson's disease by a neurologist.

I'll try to place part of the table here. Could be that the layout will be bad.
134 respondents had a quivering tongue and 492 dit not experience that symptom.

Joop

Images of Parkinson's


These data are acquired from an internet survey. The respondants are a select group and do not represent the population of Parkinson patients

Comparing patients with and without quivering tongue quivering tongue No quivering tongue
Images of Parkinson's Selected Respondents: 134 Average and modal scores on a 1-5 scale. 134 rsp 492 rsp
Symptom avrg mod avrg mod

Does your tongue quiver? 2,63 2 1,63 1 5
Does your chin tremble often? 2,46 2 1,26 1,2 2
Do you have a diminished spatial sense (impaired proprioception) 2,96 4 0,94 2,02 1
Do you often have a tingling sensation of the hands, legs, arms o 2,7 2 0,93 1,77 1
Do you have difficulties swallowing? 2,76 3 0,9 1,86 3
Do you have a problem holding your stools 2,24 1 0,88 1,36 1
Do you often have involuntary eyelid contractions 2,33 1 0,85 1,48 2
Are you very rigid after a night’s sleep? 3,31 4 0,83 2,48 1
Arm/hand tremble right 2,79 3 0,8 1,99 2
Do you suffer from Lack of movement? (Akinesia) 2,74 2 0,79 1,95 3
Is your skin often oily (greasy)? 2,42 1 0,78 1,64 2
Cramps arm/hand right 2,37 1 0,78 1,59 2
Is it sometimes hard for you to stay awake? 3,02 4 0,76 2,26 3
Cramps toes right 2,54 1 0,76 1,78 2
Could your general condition be called rigid? 3,09 3 0,76 2,33 1
Do you often choke? 2,5 2 0,75 1,75 3
Do you have any difficulty keeping your head steady? 2,1 1 0,75 1,35 2
Do you have trouble chewing? 2,11 2 0,75 1,36 1
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