Language
English
Publication Date
8-1-2024
Journal
Neurology Clinical Practice
DOI
10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200308
PMID
38808022
PMCID
PMC11129327
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
5-16-2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
The term "extrapyramidal system/symptoms/signs" and the acronym "EPS" have been abundantly used in neurology and psychiatry literature for more than a century. However, EPS has been increasingly criticized, especially by movement disorder neurologists, for its lack of clinical, anatomical, and physiologic definition. Contrary to traditional assumptions, pyramidal and extrapyramidal systems are not mutually exclusive. The acronym EPS, commonly used to denote drug-induced movement disorders, lacks specificity in conveying the nature and severity of these and other movement disorders. Consequently, we propose that the term is retired from scientific literature and that clinicians use specific phenomenologic descriptors for the various hypokinetc and hyperkinetic movement disorders.
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
, "Extrapyramidal System/Symptoms/Signs Should Be Retired" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Students Publications. 5232.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/5232