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Dr Tabish Saifee
Queen Square Private Healthcare
What is a tremor?
Dr Tabish Saifee, a Consultant Neurologist Queen Square, explains a tremor is a rhythmic oscillatory movement of body parts such as the hand, head, leg or even the voice.
Transcript
So tremor is what we call a rhythmic oscillatory movement of a body part, so that's where a body part is essentially shaking. Usually, when patients develop tremor, it happens in the hands, but tremor can happen in other body parts. For example, the voice or the face, the head, or the legs.
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