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Movement disorders

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.

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  2. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second commonest neurodegenerative disease in developed countries. Current treatment for PD is pharmacologically focused and can have significant side-effects. There is increasi...

    Authors: Jenny Advocat, Joanne Enticott, Brooke Vandenberg, Craig Hassed, Jennifer Hester and Grant Russell

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:166

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  3. Droxidopa is an orally active prodrug that significantly improved dizziness/lightheadedness measured using the Orthostatic Hypotension Symptom Assessment (OHSA) Item 1 in patients with neurogenic orthostatic h...

    Authors: Clément François, Gerald J. Rowse, L. Arthur Hewitt, Pamela Vo and Robert A. Hauser

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:143

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  4. Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases compared to the healthy population. Aerobic exercise training is one of the recommended treatments. However, literatur...

    Authors: Der-Sheng Han, Ming-Yen Hsiao, Tyng-Guey Wang, Ssu-Yuan Chen and Wei-Shiung Yang

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:142

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  5. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common autosomal recessive disease in children, and the diagnosis is complicated and difficult, especially at early stage. Early diagnosis of SMA is able to improve th...

    Authors: Zhidai Liu, Penghui Zhang, Xiaoyan He, Shan Liu, Shi Tang, Rong Zhang, Xinbin Wang, Junjie Tan, Bin Peng, Li Jiang, Siqi Hong and Lin Zou

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:141

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  6. Our study was aimed to validate a modified RBD (REM sleep behavior disorder) single question (RBD1Q-C), study the prevalence of probable RBD (pRBD) in a rural community based on RBD1Q-C and investigate the associ...

    Authors: Jian-Fang Ma, Miao-Miao Hou, Hui-Dong Tang, Xiang Gao, Liang Liang, Li-Fang Zhu, Yi Zhou, Sheng-Yu Zha, Shi-Shuang Cui, Juan-Juan Du, Gen Li, Jun Liu and Sheng-Di Chen

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:123

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  7. Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a disabling neurological condition. Vascular tortuosity in HFS patients has not been quantified objectively and its relationship with hypertension and posterior fossa volume (PF) is u...

    Authors: Evan Cyril Edmond, Samantha Xue-Li Sim, Hui-Hua Li, Eng-King Tan and Ling-Ling Chan

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:120

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  8. This multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessed the efficacy of rotigotine transdermal patch on apathy and motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD).

    Authors: Robert A Hauser, Jaroslaw Slawek, Paolo Barone, Elisabeth Dohin, Erwin Surmann, Mahnaz Asgharnejad and Lars Bauer

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:90

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  9. There is limited knowledge concerning fall-related activity avoidance in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD); such knowledge would be of importance for the development of more efficient PD-care and rehabilita...

    Authors: Manzur Kader, Susanne Iwarsson, Per Odin and Maria H. Nilsson

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:84

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  10. The aim of this study was to develop an assessment tool for activities of daily living (ADL) from the perspective of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and examine the validity and reliability of the asses...

    Authors: Su-Yun Lee, Sung Kwan Kim, Sang-Myung Cheon, Jung-Wook Seo, Min Ah Kim and Jae Woo Kim

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:73

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  11. Our previous randomized double-blind study showed that drinking hydrogen (H2) water for 48 weeks significantly improved the total Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) score of Parkinson’s disease (PD)...

    Authors: Asako Yoritaka, Takashi Abe, Chigumi Ohtsuka, Tetsuya Maeda, Masaaki Hirayama, Hirohisa Watanabe, Hidemoto Saiki, Genko Oyama, Jiro Fukae, Yasushi Shimo, Taku Hatano, Sumihiro Kawajiri, Yasuyuki Okuma, Yutaka Machida, Hideto Miwa, Chikako Suzuki…

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:66

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  12. Patients affected by progressive long-term neurological conditions might benefit from specialist palliative care involvement. However, little is known on how neurology and specialist palliative care services i...

    Authors: Liesbeth M. van Vliet, Wei Gao, Daniel DiFrancesco, Vincent Crosby, Andrew Wilcock, Anthony Byrne, Ammar Al-Chalabi, K. Ray Chaudhuri, Catherine Evans, Eli Silber, Carolyn Young, Farida Malik, Rachel Quibell and Irene J. Higginson

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:63

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  13. Authors: Diego Santos-García, Pablo Mir, Esther Cubo, Lydia Vela, Mari Cruz Rodríguez-Oroz, Maria José Martí, José Matías Arbelo, Jon Infante, Jaime Kulisevsky and Pablo Martínez-Martín

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:44

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    The original article was published in BMC Neurology 2016 16:26

  14. Primary dystonia is a chronic neurological movement disorder that causes abnormal muscle movements. Pain and emotional distress may accompany these physical symptoms. Behavioural interventions are used to help...

    Authors: C. J. Bernstein, D. R. Ellard, G. Davies, E. Hertenstein, N. K. Y. Tang, M. Underwood and H. Sandhu

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:40

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  15. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder causing motor and non-motor symptoms that can affect independence, social adjustment and the quality of life (QoL) of both patients and care...

    Authors: Diego Santos-García, Pablo Mir, Esther Cubo, Lydia Vela, Mari Cruz Rodríguez-Oroz, Maria José Martí, José Matías Arbelo, Jon Infante, Jaime Kulisevsky and Pablo Martínez-Martín

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:26

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Neurology 2016 16:44

  16. The 10-Meter Walk Tests (10MWT) and the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MinWT) are applied to assess gait capacity in paediatric patients. To better objectify changes in qualitative aspects of gait, temporo-spatial param...

    Authors: Judith V. Graser, Claudia Letsch and Hubertus J. A. van Hedel

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:15

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  17. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological disorder associated not only with ongoing medical complications but also with a significant loss of mobility and participation. The introduction of robotic tec...

    Authors: Patrizio Sale, Emanuele Francesco Russo, Michele Russo, Stefano Masiero, Francesco Piccione, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò and Serena Filoni

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:12

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  18. The trend of decreasing length of stay in rehabilitation facilities has led to individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) entering the community with unmet needs and fewer self-care skills to prevent secondary ...

    Authors: Sarah E. P. Munce, Fiona Webster, Michael G. Fehlings, Sharon E. Straus, Eunice Jang and Susan B. Jaglal

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2016 16:11

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  19. Impaired mobility and falls are clinically important complications of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and a major detractor from quality of life for which there are limited therapies. Pathological, neuroimaging and c...

    Authors: Martina Mancini, Brett W. Fling, Anne Gendreau, Jodi Lapidus, Fay B. Horak, Kathy Chung and John G. Nutt

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:264

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  20. Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease that is associated with numerous movement disorders. Ocular problems also occur with DRPLA with reports of corn...

    Authors: Michael R. Silver, Kapil D. Sethi, Shyamal H. Mehta, Fenwick T. Nichols and John C. Morgan

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:260

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  21. Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disease, is diagnostically defined by motor impairments, but also includes often under-recognized impairments in cognition, mood, sleep, and the au...

    Authors: Karen Connor, Eric Cheng, Hilary C. Siebens, Martin L. Lee, Brian S. Mittman, David A. Ganz and Barbara Vickrey

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:258

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  22. Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare neurovisceral lipid storage disorder characterised by progressive, disabling neurological symptoms and premature death in most patients. During the last decade, nat...

    Authors: Jackie Imrie, Lesley Heptinstall, Stephen Knight and Kate Strong

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:257

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  23. People with disabilities have reported worse health status than people without disabilities and receiving fewer preventive health services such as counseling around exercise habits. This is noteworthy consider...

    Authors: Lena Zetterberg, Charlotte Urell and Elisabeth Anens

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:247

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  24. The aim of this study is to investigate if early treatment with levodopa has a beneficial disease modifying effect on Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptoms and functional health, improves the ability to (maintain)...

    Authors: Constant V. M. Verschuur, S. R. Suwijn, B. Post, M. Dijkgraaf, B. R. Bloem, J. J. van Hilten, T. van Laar, G. Tissingh, G. Deuschl, A. E. Lang, R. J. de Haan and R. M. A. de Bie

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:236

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  26. Falls frequency increases with age and particularly in neurogeriatric cohorts. The interplay between eye movements and locomotion may contribute substantially to the occurrence of falls, but is hardly investig...

    Authors: Karin Srulijes, David J. Mack, Jochen Klenk, Lars Schwickert, Espen A. F. Ihlen, Michael Schwenk, Ulrich Lindemann, Miriam Meyer, Srijana K.C., Markus A. Hobert, Kathrin Brockmann, Isabel Wurster, Jörn K. Pomper, Matthis Synofzik, Erich Schneider, Uwe Ilg…

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:192

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  27. Different studies have found diminished cardiac metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) uptake in Lewy body (LB) related conditions (Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD)). However, delayed heart/medias...

    Authors: Guillaume Lamotte, Rémy Morello, Adrien Lebasnier, Denis Agostini and Gilles L. Defer

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:83

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  28. Falls amongst people with Parkinson’s (PwP) result in significant disability and reduced quality of life. There is emerging evidence that exercise-based and physiotherapeutic interventions are of benefit for i...

    Authors: Victoria A Goodwin, Ruth Pickering, Claire Ballinger, Helen Roberts, Emma McIntosh, Sarah Lamb, Alice Nieuwboer, Lynn Rochester and Ann Ashburn

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:81

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  29. Growing body of evidence suggests that Parkinson’s disease (PD) is associated with oxidative damage via iron accumulation in the substantia nigra (SN). Low ceruloplasmin (CP)-ferroxidase activity has been iden...

    Authors: Guillaume Grolez, Caroline Moreau, Bernard Sablonnière, Guillaume Garçon, Jean-Christophe Devedjian, Sayah Meguig, Patrick Gelé, Christine Delmaire, Regis Bordet, Luc Defebvre, Ioav Z Cabantchik and David Devos

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:74

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  30. Motor and non-motor impairments affect quality of life in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Our preliminary research indicates that forced exercise cycling, a mode of exercise in which a participant’s volu...

    Authors: Anson B Rosenfeldt, Matthew Rasanow, Amanda L Penko, Erik B Beall and Jay L Alberts

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:63

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  31. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a wide range of motor and non-motor symptoms. Despite optimal medical management, PD still results in a high disability rate and secondary complica...

    Authors: Nicolien M van der Kolk, Sebastiaan Overeem, Nienke M de Vries, Roy PC Kessels, Rogier Donders, Marc Brouwer, Daniela Berg, Bart Post and Bas R Bloem

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:56

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  33. We peformed a ventral intermediate nucleus (Vim) thalamotomy in a patient with Holmes’ tremor and palatal tremor. The frequencies of these movement disorders were 4 Hz and 3 Hz, respectively. Vim thalamotomy s...

    Authors: Futaba Maki, Sumito Sato, Katsushige Watanabe, Toshiyuki Yanagisawa, Yuta Hagiwara, Takahiro Shimizu and Yasuhiro Hasegawa

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:26

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  34. Achieving optimal symptom control with minimal side effects is a major goal in clinical practice. Dual-agent dopamine receptor agonist (DA) therapy in Parkinson’s disease (PD) may represent a promising approac...

    Authors: Jong-Min Kim, Sun Ju Chung, Jae Woo Kim, Beom Seok Jeon, Pritibha Singh, Stephan Thierfelder, Junji Ikeda and Lars Bauer

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:17

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  35. Uric acid has antioxidant effects on neurons. Abnormally high levels of uric acid are, however, associated with gout. Previous studies have suggested that high levels of uric acid (and the presence of gout) ma...

    Authors: Julia Pakpoor, Olena O Seminog, Sreeram V Ramagopalan and Michael J Goldacre

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:16

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  36. Effective treatment of locomotor dysfunction in Parkinson disease (PD) is essential, as gait difficulty is an early and major contributor to disability. Exercise is recommended as an adjunct to traditional tre...

    Authors: Gammon M Earhart, Ryan P Duncan, John L Huang, Joel S Perlmutter and Kristen A Pickett

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2015 15:9

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  39. Recent research has argued that removal of relevant sensory information during the planning and control of simple, self-paced walking can result in increased demand on central processing resources in Parkinson...

    Authors: Frederico Pieruccini-Faria, Kaylena A Ehgoetz Martens, Carolina RA Silveira, Jeffery A Jones and Quincy J Almeida

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:250

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  40. The Mini-BESTest is a clinical balance test that has shown a high sensitivity in detecting balance impairments in elderly with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, its reproducibility between different raters an...

    Authors: Niklas Löfgren, Emma Lenholm, David Conradsson, Agneta Ståhle and Erika Franzén

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:235

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  41. Quality of life is poorer in Parkinson’s disease than in other conditions and in the general population without Parkinson’s disease. Malnutrition also results in poorer quality of life. This study aimed at det...

    Authors: Jamie M Sheard, Susan Ash, George D Mellick, Peter A Silburn and Graham K Kerr

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:212

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  42. Given the increasing emphasis on the community management of spinal cord injury (SCI), strategies that could be developed and implemented in order to empower and engage individuals with SCI in promoting their ...

    Authors: Sarah EP Munce, Michael G Fehlings, Sharon E Straus, Natalia Nugaeva, Eunice Jang, Fiona Webster and Susan B Jaglal

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:209

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  43. Personality traits are deemed important in many fields of Medicine. The present study aimed at evaluating i) the presence of Sense-of-Coherence (SOC) in patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in comp...

    Authors: Annalisa Gison, Federica Rizza, Stefano Bonassi, Valentina Dall’Armi, Stefania Lisi and Salvatore Giaquinto

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:193

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  45. Pisa Syndrome or Pleurothotonus is a relatively rare truncal dystonia, characterized by tonic flexion of the trunk and head to one side with slight rotation of the body. Since frequently associated to specific...

    Authors: Pasquale Marchione, Aldo Spallone, Marcella Valente, Cristiano Giannone, Floriana De Angelis and Giuseppe Meco

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:149

    Content type: Case report

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  46. Ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus (VIM) deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for tremor, but there is limited data on long-term efficacy and mortality after VIM-DBS. Here we report the an...

    Authors: Mari Naumann Børretzen, Silje Bjerknes, Terje Sæhle, Mona Skjelland, Inger Marie Skogseid, Mathias Toft and Espen Dietrichs

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:120

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  47. Cognitive impairment strikingly reduces the quality of life of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Studies find that pathological proteins, neuroinflammatory factors and free radicals may involve in the pathoge...

    Authors: Shu-yang Yu, Li-jun Zuo, Fang Wang, Ze-jie Chen, Yang Hu, Ya-jie Wang, Xiao-min Wang and Wei Zhang

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:113

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  49. Parkinson’s disease affects facial, vocal and trunk muscles. As symptoms progress, facial expression becomes masked, limiting the person’s ability to communicate emotions and intentions to others. As people wi...

    Authors: Linda Tickle-Degnen, Marie Saint-Hilaire, Cathi A Thomas, Barbara Habermann, Linda S Sprague Martinez, Norma Terrin, Farzad Noubary and Elena N Naumova

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:95

    Content type: Study protocol

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  50. Botulinum toxins are considered first-line therapy for treatment of cervical dystonia (CD) and must be injected on a repeat basis. Understanding the duration of clinical benefit of botulinum toxins and its imp...

    Authors: Wallace A Marsh, Deirdre M Monroe, Mitchell F Brin and Conor J Gallagher

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2014 14:91

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