Background: We assessed the clinimetric properties of ataxia rating scales and functional tests, and made recommendations regarding their use. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted to identify the ...

Background and purpose: Clinical correlates of fear of falling (FoF) are scarcely studied in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). This study was undertaken to evaluate the ...

Background: As gene-targeted therapies are increasingly being developed for Parkinson's disease (PD), identifying and characterizing carriers of specific genetic pathogenic variants is imperative. Only a small fraction of ...

Background: Whether there may be any relationship between stressful or traumatic life events (LE) and the subsequent motor symptoms onset in Parkinson's disease (PD) is still controversial. Objectives: To explore whether ...

Background: Movement disorders are neurologic syndromes that produce abnormal movements, being Parkinson’s disease (PD) the most frequent. Current diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is clinical: it is based on expertise, ...

Background: Parkin mutations are suspected in early-onset Parkinson's disease with early motor complications, and in pedigrees showing an autosomal recessive pattern. Some compound heterozygous mutations can present with ...

Most of the validated 'events exposure' questionnaires are focused on lifetime burden and are hardly applicable to Argentina owing to its sociocultural and natural conditions, where corruption and economic crises have been ...