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Section edited by Yih-Ru Wu
This section covers all types and aspects of movement disorders. Topics of include, but are not limited to, Parkinson's Disease, transcranial magnetic stimulation, spasticity, dyskinesia, movement disorders, rehabilitation and spinal cord injury.
Research article
The effectiveness of creatine in treating Parkinson’s disease (PD) has not been conclusively determined. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to address this issue.
BMC Neurology 2017 17:105
Published on: 2 June 2017
Research article
Impulse control and related disorders (ICRDs) are clinically complications in Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, the clinical characteristics of ICRDs in Chinese PD patients were rarely reported. We aimed to e...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:98
Published on: 18 May 2017
Research article
Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) is increasingly being used to improve outcomes such as stress and depression in a range of long-term conditions (LTCs). While systematic reviews on MBSR have taken pla...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:92
Published on: 15 May 2017
Research article
Droxidopa, a prodrug of norepinephrine, was approved for treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH) due to primary autonomic disorders based on 3 randomized double-blind studies. We performed safety...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:90
Published on: 12 May 2017
Technical advance
Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound is an emerging technology under evaluation for treatment of essential tremor, a prevalent movement disorder. A qualitative evaluation is performed by a...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:74
Published on: 17 April 2017
Research article
Down syndrome (DS) has unique physical, motor and cognitive characteristics. Despite cognitive and motor difficulties, there is a possibility of intervention based on the knowledge of motor learning. However, ...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:71
Published on: 14 April 2017
Research article
Periodic leg movements (PLM) during sleep (PLMS) are considered strongly related to restless legs syndrome (RLS), and are associated with polymorphisms in RLS risk genes. Various software for automatic analysi...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:42
Published on: 23 February 2017
Study protocol
Complaints of imbalance are common non-resolving signs in individuals with post-concussive syndrome. Yet, there is no consensus rehabilitation for non-resolving balance complaints following mild traumatic brai...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:41
Published on: 23 February 2017
Research article
The introduction of deep brain stimulation (DBS) about 25 years ago provided one of the major breakthroughs in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, a high percentage of patients are reluctant to...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:36
Published on: 21 February 2017
Study protocol
If people with progressive neurological diseases are to avail of evidence-based rehabilitation, programs found effective in randomized controlled trials (RCT’s) must firstly be adapted and tested in clinical e...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:27
Published on: 7 February 2017
Research article
Our study was aimed to evaluate the risk of a selected non-motor symptom, namely rapid eye movement behavior disorder (RBD) symptoms, among patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson disease compared with health ...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:23
Published on: 4 February 2017
Research article
Despite the benefits of balance exercise in clinical populations, balance training programs tend to be poorly described, which in turn makes it difficult to evaluate important training components and compare b...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:19
Published on: 31 January 2017
Study protocol
Cerebellar ataxia (CA) is a frequent and often disabling condition that impairs motor functioning and impacts on quality of life (QoL). No medication has yet been proven effective for the symptomatic or even c...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:7
Published on: 10 January 2017
Research article
Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by symptoms of motor impairment, resulting from the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain, however non-neuronal symptoms are...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:6
Published on: 10 January 2017
Research article
Depression and anxiety remain under-diagnosed and under-treated in those with neurologic diseases such as dementia or Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Our objectives were to first, to provide a synthesis of high qual...
BMC Neurology 2016 16:244
Published on: 25 November 2016
Research article
Essential tremor (ET) is characterized by a frequent family history. No monogenic form of ET has been identified. We aimed at exploring ET patients to identify distinct subgroups and facilitate the identificat...
BMC Neurology 2016 16:238
Published on: 23 November 2016
Technical advance
Belly dancer’s dyskinesia is an extremely rare condition. It manifests as semicontinuous, slow, writhing, sinuous abdominal wall movements that are bothersome to the patient. Management of this condition is ex...
BMC Neurology 2016 16:226
Published on: 17 November 2016
Case report
Myoclonus is a clinical sign characterized by sudden, brief jerky, shock-like involuntary movements of a muscle or group of muscles. Dystonia is defined as a syndrome of sustained muscle contractions, frequent...
BMC Neurology 2016 16:228
Published on: 17 November 2016
Case report
Rapid-onset dystonia-parkinsonism (RDP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that is caused by mutations in the ATP1A3 gene and is characterized by an acute onset of asymmetric dystonia and parkinsonism. To d...
BMC Neurology 2016 16:218
Published on: 11 November 2016
Case report
In accordance with German neurosurgical and neurological consensus recommendations, lead placements for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are usually performed with the pat...
BMC Neurology 2016 16:216
Published on: 8 November 2016
