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The term “orthostatic tremor,” also known as “shaky legs syndrome” (Gates 1993; Benito-León and Porta-Etessam 2000), was first used in 1984 by Heilman (1984), although there may have been earlier descriptions of this entity (Pazzaglia et al. 1970). As there are no published population-based epidemiological data, the prevalence and incidence of orthostatic tremor are unknown; however, it is considered to be a rare entity. Orthostatic tremor may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary. Secondary cases are associated with a variety of disorders, most commonly parkinsonism (Gerschlager et al. 2004).
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Benito-León, J., Labiano-Fontcuberta, A., Louis, E.D. (2013). Orthostatic Tremor. In: Grimaldi, G., Manto, M. (eds) Mechanisms and Emerging Therapies in Tremor Disorders. Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4027-7_12
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