Articles tagged "Parkinsonism"

2017 International Congress
Examining the brain reserve hypothesis in Parkinson’s disease
P.C. Lee, F. Artaud, F. Cormier, O. Rascol, F. Durif, P. Derkinderen, F. Bourdain, J.-P. Brandel, F. Pico, L. Lacomblez, C. Bonnet, D. Grabli, S. Klebe, G. Mangone, H. You, V. Mesnage, A. Brice, M. Vidailhet, J.-C. Corvol, A. Elbaz (Taipei, Taiwan)
Objective: To examine whether brain reserve plays a role in the severity and progression of motor, cognitive, and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD), by…
2017 International Congress
Lifelong daily workload and postural abnormalities in patients with Parkinson’s disease
T. Maeda (Morioka, Japan)
Objective: To clarify the clinical relationship between lifelong daily workload and postural abnormalities of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Recent clinical researches revealed postural…
2017 International Congress
The Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire and Non-Motor Symptoms Scale for use in Sweden
P. Hagell, M. Nilsson, R. Chaudhuri, P. Odin (Kristianstad, Sweden)
Objective: To translate the Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire (NMSQ) and the Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS) into Swedish, and test their linguistic validity and user-friendliness. Background: Non-motor…
2017 International Congress
A registry study of multiple system atrophy in Hokkaido, Japan: HoRC-MSA Project 2014-16
M. Matsushima, K. Sakushima, I. Yabe, Y. Kanatani, Y. Ito, T. Matsuoka, T. Katayama, H. Uesugi, K. Sako, A. Takei, M. Mori, S. Shimohama, N. Sato, S. Kikuchi, H. Sasaki (Sapporo, Japan)
Objective: To investigate the epidemiological aspects of multiple system atrophy (MSA) in Hokkaido, Japan by using the Hokkaido Rare disease Consortium for MSA (HoRC-MSA). Background:…
2017 International Congress
Differentiating Parkinsonism with Spatio-temporal dynamics (real-time MRI) and Acoustics of Speech (spectrogram)
S. GUDWANI, S.S. Kumaran, M. Behari (New Delhi, India)
Objective: Differentially diagnosing subgroups in Parkinsonism for optimal rehabilitation thus designed study with real-time dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and automated acoustic analysis Background: In Parkinsonism with…
2017 International Congress
Primary progressive apraxia: an unusual ideomotor syndrome
Y. Fernandez, S. Frucht (New York, NY, USA)
Objective: We describe and demonstrate by video 2 cases of primary ideomotor progressive apraxia with progressive difficulty with hand dexterity and manipulation and mild parkinsonism…
2017 International Congress
The Value of Follow Up: The Role of Social Work and Nursing Calls in an Interdisciplinary Home Visit Program for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients
S. Oyler, M. Sweeney, A. Lemen, A. Di Rocco, J. Fleisher (New York, NY, USA)
Objective: To describe nursing and social work cross-discipline efforts to improve patient care and adherence to treatment plans as part of an interdisciplinary home visit…
2017 International Congress
Advanced DBS programming – Multiple Groups : 3yrs experience
g. hosurkar, r. gopalakrishnan (Bengaluru, karnataka, India)
Objective: To study the utility of multiple programme groups of DBS parameters in the parkinson disease patients following up in our hospital in the last…
2017 International Congress
Analysis of the exclusion causes for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease Center in southern Taiwan
Y.-F. CHEN, Y.-F. CHEN, C.-C. CHANG, Y. LI, Y.-Y. CHANG (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Objective: To analyze why patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) were excluded from candidate selection for subthalamic deep brain stimulation. Background: Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS)…
2017 International Congress
Interleaved Stimulation for Freezing of Gait in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study
R. Rajan, S. Zafer, S. Krishnan, K. Kesavapisharady, A. Kishore (Trivandrum, India, India)
Objective: To assess the effect of Interleaved Stimulation (ILS) in patients receiving subthalamic nucleus-Deep Brain Stimulation (STN-DBS), with Freezing of gait (FOG) unresponsive to medication and conventional…