Movement Disorders
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Movement Disorders @ UNC Chapel Hill
The UNC Movement Disorders Center is a multidisciplinary specialty group dedicated to providing individualized, compassionate and comprehensive care to our patients and a designated Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence.
We offer the latest diagnostic and state of the art treatment options for Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes (progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, cortical basal degeneration), as well as focal and generalized dystonia, tremor, myoclonus, tic disorders, restless legs syndrome, blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm.
In addition, we are committed to conducting both outstanding clinical and basic science research in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, and then translating our research into advances in treatment in order to improve the lives of our patients and their families.
What are movement disorders?
Movement disorders are brain problems that make it hard to move. Sometimes, people with these disorders move too much or too little.
Moving Too Much- Hyperkinesia: This means moving too much. People with hyperkinesia might twitch, shake, or have other involuntary movements.
- Hypokinesia: This means not moving enough. People with hypokinesia might have trouble starting or stopping movements.
- Parkinson’s disease
- Parkinsonian syndromes (progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, cortical basal degeneration)
- Tremor
- Dystonia
- Huntington’s disease
- Ataxia
- Myoclonus
- Restless legs syndrome
- Tics
- Tourette’s syndrome
- Wilson disease