Myoclonus Press Releases

Movement disorders can add difficulty to simple tasks, such as pouring water from one cup into another, as shown here.

YouTube videos can inaccurately depict Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011

After reviewing the most frequently watched YouTube videos about movement disorders, a group of neurologists found that the people in the videos often do not have a movement disorder. As described in a Letter to the Editor in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine, such medical misinformation may confuse patients seeking health information and advice online.