Independent validation of the quality of life in essential tremor questionnaire (QUEST)
Objective: We performed an independent testing of the Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST) adding further information on its clinimetric properties. Background: Essential…Are clinical certainty ratings helpful in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease?
Objective: To determine whether clinical certainty ratings are helpful in predicting pathologically proven PD. Background: Clinical diagnostic criteria for PD rely on rest tremor, bradykinesia,…Development of a tool for assessment of embarrassment due to dystonia
Objective: To develop a self assessment scale for quantitative measurement of embarrassment in patients having dystonia. Background: Patients suffering from movement abnormalities like dystonia frequently…Reliability of a newly developed protocol for fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in Parkinson’s patients (PARK-FEES)
Objective: A new FEES protocol specified for dysphagia diagnosis among Parkinson's disease (PD) patients was recently developed in a prior two-phased study¹, which is now…Comparison of change in the UPDRS verses MDS-UPDRS in a population of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS)
Objective: To compare assessment tools for capturing the therapeutic effect of DBS for treating PD using the original UPDRS and The Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision…The dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome rating scale (DAWS-RS): Initial development of a new non-motor scale
Objective: To describe the development of the dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome (DAWS) rating scale (DAWS-RS), a new questionnaire designed to evaluate the symptoms, severity, and…Diaphragmatic dystonia in a patient that presents with Meige syndrome and disordered breathing
Objective: To present a case of diaphragmatic dystonia, discuss prevalence, and a practical approach to work up and treatment of this condition. Background: Diaphragmatic dystonia…Brain networks revealed by resting state functional MRI in familial and sporadic primary dystonia
Objective: To identify disease-related brain networks in hereditary and sporadic primary dystonia using resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI). Background: Abnormalities of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical (CbTC) pathways have…Striatal and pedunculopontine nucleus diffusion tensor imaging in cervical dystonia
Objective: To characterize white matter integrity in the striatum and pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) in patients with cervical dystonia using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Background: The…Impaired processing of visuo-spatial information in cervical dystonia patients
Objective: The goal of our study was to investigate the spatial distribution of visual processing resources in cervical dystonia (CD) patients with a pure left…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.