Course Objectives:

The diagnosis, etiology, epidemiology, and treatment of dystonia Dystonia imprisons patients in a clinical cage. This knowledge module will introduce primary and secondary dystonia through their phenotype and physiological origins. A paradigm based upon patient applications will enable a comprehensive understanding of generalized dystonia as well as conditions of writer’s cramp’s, spasmodic torticollis, cerebral palsy and other inherited dystonia. The diagnosis, etiology, epidemiology, and treatment of  myoclonic syndromes This clinical learning module will explore the etiology, epidemiology, phenomenology and clinical approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of jerky movement disorders. An understanding of muscle physiology and central nervous system integration of the sensorimotor system will enable and facilitate a clinical approach to difficult disorder presentations. The diagnosis, etiology, epidemiology, and treatment of Restlessness Restlessness is problematic for patients throughout the world. The learner will be exposed to conditions from akathisia to restless leg syndrome. The relationship of restlessness to sleep, pain, and integration of other movement disorders and diseases will be central to this clinical module. The goal of the module is to promote an opportunity for treatment that is novel and efficacious.