er adultsAs we age, we face a multitude of age-related changes, such as hearing impairment, visual changes, increased short-term memory loss, natural bone loss, and reduced mobility. Comorbidities also increase with age, such as arthritis, hypertension and heart disease. Essential tremor (ET), also known as senile tremor, familial tremor, benign tremor, intentional and action tremor, is another common and often overlooked age-related phenomenon. Essential tremor is the most common neurological disorder among older adults (Louis and Ferreira 2010). It is defined as involuntary rhythmic movements of any part of the body. Typically affecting the fingers, hands and forearm, they can less commonly affect the head and legs. Movement can be fast or slow, visible with rest, action or sustained posture (Abboud and Ahmed, 2011). Although it is a common condition, it is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed due to lack of patient admission or clinician's inability to recognize the signs and symptoms. Prevalence/EpidemiologyAccording to Elias, Binit, and Shah (2014), an estimated 10 to 20 million Americans suffer from ET and 6.3% of the population is affected worldwide. The average age of onset is 52 years, but can appear at ages over 60 and from the age of 8. Men are less affected than women and there is no discrimination linked to the race of patients. ET is a progressive disease that can negatively impact patients' gross motor skills such as writing, dressing, cooking, fine motor skills such as writing, thereby causing distress at home and in the working environment. This illness can have a significant impact on the mental health of the patient due to the middle of the article ......ne, 311(9), 948-953.Khalil, A., & Malik, S . (2013). Movement disorders and tremors. InnovAiT: The RCGP Journal for Associates in Training, 6(7), 416-424.Louis, E. and Ferreira, J. (2010). How common is the most common movement disorder in adults? Update on the global prevalence of essential tremor. Movement Disorders, 25(5), 534-541.Louis, ED (2009). Essential tremor: a family of neurodegenerative disorders? Archives of Neurology, 66(10), 1202-1208. Pal, P. (2011). Guidelines for the management of essential tremor. Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology, 14(5), 25. Preventing falls in the elderly. (2013). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/Features/OlderAmericans/Yaman, A., Akdeniz, M., & Yaman, H. (2011). What is the best way to treat these common movement disorders. The Family Practice Journal, 60(12), 721-725.

Essay / er adultsAs we age, we face a multitude of age-related changes, such as hearing impairment, visual changes, increased short-term memory loss, natural bone loss, and reduced mobility. Comorbidities also increase with age, such as arthritis, hypertension and heart disease. Essential tremor (ET), also known as senile tremor, familial tremor, benign tremor, intentional and action tremor, is another common and often overlooked age-related phenomenon. Essential tremor is the most common neurological disorder among older adults (Louis and Ferreira 2010). It is defined as involuntary rhythmic movements of any part of the body. Typically affecting the fingers, hands and forearm, they can less commonly affect the head and legs. Movement can be fast or slow, visible with rest, action or sustained posture (Abboud and Ahmed, 2011). Although it is a common condition, it is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed due to lack of patient admission or clinician's inability to recognize the signs and symptoms. Prevalence/EpidemiologyAccording to Elias, Binit, and Shah (2014), an estimated 10 to 20 million Americans suffer from ET and 6.3% of the population is affected worldwide. The average age of onset is 52 years, but can appear at ages over 60 and from the age of 8. Men are less affected than women and there is no discrimination linked to the race of patients. ET is a progressive disease that can negatively impact patients' gross motor skills such as writing, dressing, cooking, fine motor skills such as writing, thereby causing distress at home and in the working environment. This illness can have a significant impact on the mental health of the patient due to the middle of the article ......ne, 311(9), 948-953.Khalil, A., & Malik, S . (2013). Movement disorders and tremors. InnovAiT: The RCGP Journal for Associates in Training, 6(7), 416-424.Louis, E. and Ferreira, J. (2010). How common is the most common movement disorder in adults? Update on the global prevalence of essential tremor. Movement Disorders, 25(5), 534-541.Louis, ED (2009). Essential tremor: a family of neurodegenerative disorders? Archives of Neurology, 66(10), 1202-1208. Pal, P. (2011). Guidelines for the management of essential tremor. Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology, 14(5), 25. Preventing falls in the elderly. (2013). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/Features/OlderAmericans/Yaman, A., Akdeniz, M., & Yaman, H. (2011). What is the best way to treat these common movement disorders. The Family Practice Journal, 60(12), 721-725.

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