Motor disorder

Motor disorder
SpecialtyNeurology

Motor disorders are disorders of the nervous system that cause abnormal and involuntary movements. They can result from damage to the motor system.[1]

Motor disorders are defined in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) – published in 2013 to replace the fourth text revision (DSM-IV-TR) – as a new sub-category of neurodevelopmental disorders. The DSM-5 motor disorders include developmental coordination disorder, stereotypic movement disorder, and the tic disorders including Tourette syndrome.[2]

  1. ^ Knierim J. "Chapter 6: Disorders of the Motor System". The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ^ American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. pp. 74–85. ISBN 978-0-89042-555-8.