Muscles of facial expression*

e.g. movements of forehead, eyebrows, periorbital area, cheeks, including, frowning, blinking, smiling, grimacing

Lips and perioral area*

e.g. puckering, pouting, smacking

Jaw*

e.g. biting, clenching, chewing, mouth opening, lateral movement

Tongue*

Rate only increases in movement both in and out of mouth. NOT inability to sustain movement. Darting in and out of mouth.

Upper (arms, wrists, hands, fingers)*

Include choreic movements (i.e., rapid, objectively purposeless, irregular, spontaneous) and athetoid movements (i.e., slow, irregular, complex, serpentine). DO NOT include tremor (i.e., repetitive, regular, rhythmic).

Lower (legs, knees, ankles, toes)*

e.g. lateral knee movement, foot tapping, heel dropping, foot squirming, inversion and eversion of foot

Neck, shoulders, hips*

e.g. rocking, twisting, squirming, pelvic gyrations

Severity of abnormal movements overall

Incapacitation due to abnormal movements

Patient's awareness of abnormal movements

Current problems with teeth and/or dentures?

Are dentures usually worn?

Edentia?

Do movements disappear in sleep?