Quantitative diagnosis of Parkinon’s disease is based on the precise measurement of specific aspects of the varied symptoms of the disease, using accelerometry signals. This work introduces a recording protocol for ...

Axial postural abnormalities are common and disabling motor complications of Parkinson's disease (PD) and parkinsonism. They consist of abnormal trunk or neck postures in the upright position, often interfering with daily ...

Objective: To determine whether technetium-99m-labeled tropane derivative single-photon emission computed tomography (99mTcTRODAT-1 SPECT) provides results comparable to those of the less widely available, less accessible ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder, currently affecting ~7 million people worldwide. PD is clinically and genetically heterogeneous, with at least 10% of all cases explained by a ...

Genetic testing for persons with Parkinson's disease is becoming increasingly common. Significant gains have been made regarding genetic testing methods, and testing is becoming more readily available in clinical, research, ...

Introduction: The implementation of accepted clinical diagnostic criteria has improved the accuracy of a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Time frames of 3-10 years have been empirically proposed to reach a ...

Background Although proven very efficacious as treatment for Parkinson's disease by Schwab as far back as the nineteen-fifties, and later confirmed by Cotzias and colleagues in the early nineteen-seventies, use of ...

Involuntary moaning has been reported in sporadic cases of neurodegenerative diseases. A five-generation Hispanic family with eight members exhibiting involuntary moaning, most of whom with isolated moaning in the absence ...

Background: Although the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting a relatively small proportion of the global population, its effects have already reached everyone. The pandemic has the potential to differentially disadvantage ...