2022年6月3日 · Myoclonic seizures are a type of seizure that causes sharp, uncontrollable muscle movements. They’re usually minor and brief, but can happen with very severe seizure …

Myoclonic (MY-o-KLON-ik) seizures are brief, shock-like jerks of a muscle or a group of muscles. "Myo" means muscle and "clonus" (KLOH-nus) means rapidly alternating contraction and …

2024年11月22日 · Action myoclonus, which is triggered by voluntary movement or even a person’s intention to move. It may get worse when the person tries to make precise, …

Myoclonic epilepsy refers to a family of epilepsies that present with myoclonus. When myoclonic jerks are occasionally associated with abnormal brain wave activity, it can be categorized as …

2023年9月8日 · Myoclonic seizures are a type of seizure that involves brief jerking or twitching muscle motions. "Myo" means muscle, and "clonus" means a rhythmic spasm. The sudden …

Based on aetiology, myoclonus may be classified as physiological, essential, epileptic, symptomatic or psychogenic [Marsden et al. 1982]. In a given patient, more than one form of …

2020年3月3日 · Classically described as occurring in the morning hours, myoclonic seizures occur unpredictably; the seizure threshold can be lowered by sleep deprivation, alcohol ingestion, …

Myoclonic seizures are characterized by brief, jerking spasms of a muscle or muscle group. They often occur with atonic seizures, which cause sudden muscle limpness. The word “myoclonic” …

Epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures is a childhood-onset epilepsy syndrome characterised by a range of seizure types, including myoclonic-atonic, atonic, myoclonic, absence, and …

Myoclonus occurs as one, or the only, seizure manifestation while it can also present as a peculiar type of movement disorder; moreover, its electroclinical features within specific genetically …