Factors associated with occurrence of motor complications among Parkinson’s disease patients with levodopa treatment in Estonia
Objective: To identify the factors associated with the occurrence of motor complications among patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who receive levodopa treatment. Background: Levodopa is the…Tongue strength in Parkinson’s disease.
Objective: To investigate tongue strength in patients with Parkinson’s disease and the relation with speech and swallowing. Background: Motor disorders in Parkinson’s disease (PD) are…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…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.