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What is the difference between 'internal tremor' and 'external tremor'?

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What is the difference between 'internal tremor' and 'external tremor'?

Neal Hermanowicz (Director of the Movement Disorders Program) gives expert video advice on: How is dexterity affected by Parkinson's?; How does Parksinson's affect the skin?; How does Parkinson's affect body weight? and more...

Internal tremor is what people feel, but we can't as a clinician see it. People will say, I feel as if I am shaking inside myself, but it is not visible to the patient nor to the clinician. I suspect that's simply a subtle tremor that's not visibly detectible either by the clinician or by the patient. It's a manifestation of the same process. It's just not obvious.

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