Clinical and electromyographic characteristics of tremor in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

The tremor in patients with anxiety was supposed to be an enhanced physiological tremor. However no detailed clinical and electromyographic examination of tremor in patients with anxiety has been published. It has been also supposed that propranolol or benzodiazepines may influence the tremor The aim of this investigation was to establish the clinical and electromyographic pattern of tremor in patients with anxiety and to compare the effects of propranolol and alprazolam treatment.

Clinical and electromyographic assessment of essential tremor treatment.

It is a matter of debate whether beta-blockers or primidone have a better influence on essential tremor. It is also controversial whether essential tremor with synchronous electromyographic activity is influenced by the administration beta-blockers, while tremor with alternating electromyographic activity is influenced by primidone. The aim of this study was to reevaluate the effects of beta-blockers and primidone on essential tremor.

Motoneuron activity in patients with different types of tremor.

The aim of this work was to examine the segmental motoneuron activity as a possible mechanism of tremor generation. Eighty-three patients with different types of tremor (25 with Parkinsonian, 29 with essential, and 30 with enhanced physiological tremor due to anxiety), 25 Parkinsonian patients without tremor and 30 healthy volunteers were examined. The tremor was studied clinically and by electromyography in all limb positions.