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Action tremor; Volitional tremor
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Intention tremor manifests as a marked increase in tremor amplitude during a terminal portion of targeted movement. Examples of intention tremor include cerebellar tremor and multiple sclerosis type tremor.
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Fahn, S., & Jankovic, J. (2007). Tremors: Diagnosis and treatment. In Movement disorders (pp. 451–479). Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
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Hohler, A.D., de Leon, M.P. (2018). Intention Tremors. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_460
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