Myoclonus is sudden muscle movement, like a twitch or jerk, that you can’t control. Learn more about its types, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment at WebMD.

Fast, reliable and automatic assessment of the severity of myoclonic jerks from video footage is now possible, thanks to an algorithm using deep convolutional neural network architecture and ...

Myoclonus is a sudden and involuntary muscle spasm. It is usually a symptom of an underlying disorder and can interfere with eating, talking, and walking. The movement is involuntary and can’t ...

Sleep myoclonus is involuntary, nonrhythmic muscle twitching that occurs either as a person falls asleep or during sleep. The movements include hiccups, starts, and jerks. Sleep myoclonus is not a ...

Further examination revealed tremors at rest, inducible and spontaneous bilateral myoclonus of the feet, and hyperreflexia, specifically in both lower extremities.

Explainable machine learning for movement disorders - Classification of tremor and myoclonus. Computers in Biology and Medicine , 192 , 110180. DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110180.

Multifocal Myoclonus Induced by Trimethoprim–Sulfamethoxazole Therapy in a Patient with Nocardia Infection. Published January 1, 2004. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 88-89. DOI: 10.1056 ...