Influence of anxiety on wrist tapping parameters and individual perception of one minute in healthy adults and in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is one of the most common forms of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Clinical presentation of this disorder includes myoclonias (usually in upper extremities)
with tonic-clonic generalized seizures and absences. JME belongs to age-dependent type of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Age of onset is usually within 8 to 26 years, and incidence peaks at
14-16 years. The onset is triggered by stress, disturbances in circadian rhythm (night sleep deprivation, early wake-ups), menarche in teenage girls. Despite preserved intelligence,
there is a high risk of anxiety and depressive disorders. This leads to social disadaptation and unemployment, which considerably aggravates social prognosis for patients with JME