# @fixelinstitute on Facebook

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- **Original URL:** https://www.facebook.com/1275465578125102/posts/718357087169290
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64720900-fixelinstitute-facebook
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- **Posted:** 2024-03-14T19:30:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Grace Huff (@GraceHuff3) — https://gondola.cc/GraceHuff3

## Caption

Jaw Clonus, involuntary and rhythmic jaw contractions, can often be confused with tremors when triggered without a stretch. 

Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases' Rohini Kumar, Jamie Blackband and Aparna Wagle Shukla, M.D., analyze the differences between the two in a video abstract recently published in the Journal Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Disorders. 

The video shows a patient at rest with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with rhythmic jaw movements. The analysis revealed a 10 Hz peak, a frequency higher than those seen in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor, myorhythmia and tardive syndromes. 

Read the full article and watch the video: https://tremorjournal.org/articles/10.5334/tohm.845#references

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