Post-Traumatic Tremor

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Post-traumatic tremor can affect people who have sustained a serious brain injury or stroke. This tremor usually affects one side of the body, and can be particularly disabling. Some patients with post-traumatic tremor respond favourably to medications, but many do not.

We have performed deep brain stimulation (DBS] on a number of patients with post-traumatic tremor, and the vast majority have obtained a very good benefit, some with almost complete reduction of the tremor.

Based on experience, our preferred target in the brain for DBS for post-traumatic
tremor is the posterior subthalamic area (PSA).