Essential Tremor

Diagnosis and management of tremor.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

Neurology

Clinical Guidelines

BNF Treatment Summary: Essential tremor, chorea, tics, and related disorders

NICE guidance [IPG617]: Unilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treatment-resistant essential tremor

NICE guideline [IPG617]

American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery: Position Statement on Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Management of Essential Tremor

Consensus Statement on the classification of tremors. from the task force on tremor of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

Consensus Statement on the Classification of Tremors. From the task force on tremor of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

Evidence-based guideline update: Treatment of essential tremor: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

MDS Evidence-Based Review of Treatments For Essential Tremor

Update: Treatment of Essential Tremor. Practice Guideline, October 2011 (American Academy of Neurology)