Akathisia: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Akathisia: clinical features. This is an inner sense of restlessness. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Description
- This is an inner sense of restlessness
- Subjects find it difficult to sit or stand still
- There is a compulsion to move continuously
- It may be focal or generalised
Classification
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Clinical features
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Complications
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Differential diagnosis
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References
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