“Old” and Emerging Therapies of Human Tremor

摘要

Tremor is the most common movement disorder encountered during daily practice. Most forms of tremor are currently managed with drugs. However, the response of tremor to pharmacotherapy is variable and a combination of agents is often required. Surgery is considered when the response is not sufficient. In particular deep brain stimulation (DBS) is now playing a key-role, especially for refractory Parkinson’s disease. DBS is also a well established therapy for essential tremor resistant to pharmacological therapy. New therapies are emerging, not only in the field of pharmacological agents, but also in the domain of bioengineering. They are presented in this review article.