What strategies do Parkinson’s disease patients use for getting out of bed in the early morning? Preliminary results from home video analysis of 22 patients.
Objective: To classify PD patients’ getting out of bed strategies using home video analysis. Background: Getting out of bed represents a major difficulty of early…Beyond shuffling: Gait phenotypes in Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: To describe commonly observed gait phenotypes in a cohort of advanced Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients. Background: Gait disorders in PD are varied and complex. Even…Distinguishing Subclinical Postural Instability in Early-stage Parkinson disease and postural instability of normal elderly using Sensory Organization Test and Limit of Stability
Objective: To distinguish postural instability differences in Parkisnon disease patients and normal elderly patients with computerized dynamic posturography Background: Postural instability is a core symptom…The hardest symptoms that bother patients with Parkinson’s disease
Objective: In this study we want to see what are the hardest and the most troublesome symptoms perceived by patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Background:…Can glabellar and palmomental reflexes differentiate neurodegenerative from non-neurodegenerative parkinsonism?
Objective: To evaluate if the presence of glabellar and palmomental reflexes in patients with parkinsonism is significantly more common in neurodegenerative etiology compared with non-neurodegenerative…Fatigue in Functional Motor Disorders.
Objective: To investigate fatigue severity and the nature of fatigue in functional motor disorders (FMD). Secondarily, to determine the relationship between fatigue, quality of life,…Parkinson’s disease subtypes correlate with clinical severity: a Brazilian population study
Objective: To correlate Parkinson's disease (PD) subtypes with a clinical severity in a Brazilian population sample. Background: Current studies have shown that PD may comprise…Is There a Correlation Between Functional Capacity Upper Limbs and Falls Risk and Postural Instability in Parkinson’s Disease?
Objective: The goal of this study was to verify by a Brief Battery Functional Assessment (BBFA) the correlation between upper limb function skills with falls…Diplopia: An Interesting Complication of Dropped Head Syndrome
Objective: To describe an interesting case of new-onset diplopia due to loss of compensation for trochlear nerve palsy as a result of dropped head in…Antiphospholipid syndrome presenting with craniocervical dystonia: A case study
Objective: Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APLS) is a hypercoagulable state characterized by arterial or venous thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity with laboratory evidence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Movement disorders…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.