Transcranial unilateral MR guided high intensity focused ultrasound in Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor seems to be save concerning dysphagia and dysarthria
Objective: To report first results of a study monitoring speech and swallowing function after lesional functional neurosurgery for movement disorders. Background: Transcranial MR-guided high intensity…Simultaneous symptomatic onset of Parkinson’s disease and myasthenia gravis
Objective: To examine a case of acute, simultaneous presentation of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Background: PD is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by…Awareness and perception of gastrointestinal symptoms in Parkinson´s disease: A survey of patients and caregiving relatives
Objective: The purpose of this survey was to determine the awareness and perception of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in patients and caregiving relatives (for simplicity hereunder…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…Clinical and instrumental features of multiple system atrophy with laryngeal stridor
Objective: To evaluate clinical and instrumental different features in two case series of multiple system atrophy (MSA) patients with or without laryngeal stridor. Background: MSA…Has iCare PD started in Singapore?
Objective: To evaluate if interdisciplinary care (iCare) is present in the management of Parkinson's disease (PD) among PD Allied Health Professionals (AHP) at a centre…Swallowing in individuals with Parkinson’s disease: A study of FEES
Objective: To characterize the pattern of swallowing in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) through functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). Background: Dysphagia is a highly…Adult onset Niemann-Pick type C: 24 month follow-up on miglustat
Objective: To present a rare case of adult onset NPC patient and pointing out varying response of her distinct symptoms on long term follow up…Rehabilitation of dysphagia in Parkinson’s disease: Effect of chin-down postural maneuver
Objective: To verify the effectiveness of chin-down posture maneuver in the rehabilitation of dysphagia with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Although dysphagia is a complicating symptom…STRONG VOICE: Design of a multisite, open-label, longitudinal registry for patients with neurogenic dysphonia/dysphagia treated with vocal fold augmentation
Objective: To describe the benefits and risks of vocal fold augmentation treatment for patients with neurogenic dysphonia/dysphagia. Background: Neurogenic dysphonia/dysphagia represents laryngeal dysfunction, usually with…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.