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The Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disorder link: evidences, biases and clinical relevance

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Parkinson's disease (PD) and restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disorder (RLS/WED) are relatively common diseases in the realm of movement disorders. The fact that both may, as expected, co-occur and typically share a similar remarkable response to dopaminergic treatment raised the interest in ...

Efeito da técnica de sobrearticulação na voz e na fala em indivíduos com doença de Parkinson após cirurgia de estimulação cerebral profunda

Audiol., Commun. res; 24 (), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar o efeito imediato e após 15 minutos da técnica de sobrearticulação de fala em indivíduos com doença de Parkinson, submetidos à estimulação cerebral profunda em núcleo subtalâmico, nos parâmetros de voz, fala e mímica facial. Métodos Participaram 29 sujeitos com d...

Idoso com Parkinson e exercício físico: como a educação física e a estratégia saúde da família podem atuar em conjunto

A população mundial está envelhecendo e, devido ao maior declínio fisiológico, várias doençascrônicas podem afetar os indivíduos, entre elas a doença de Parkinson. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar como a prática orientada de exercícios físicos por idosos acometidos por Parkinson atendid...

Determining factors in the situational transition of family members who care of elderly people with parkinson's disease

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the facilitator and inhibitory factors in the transition of elderly caregivers with Parkinson's disease. Method: a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, based on the family transition nursing theory developed with 20 elderly caregivers of elderly people with...

Association between BDNF G196A (Val66Met) polymorphism and cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (8), 2019
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is widely expressed in the central nervous system and prolongs the survival of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Several studies have recently investigated the association between BDNF G196A (Val66Met), a single nucleotide polymorphism influencing cogn...

7. 0T ultrahigh-field MRI directly visualized the pedunculopontine nucleus in Parkinson's disease patients

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is considered a promising new target for neurostimulation in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with postural instability and gait disturbance that is refractory to other treatment modalities. However, the PPN is typically difficult to visualize with magnetic...

Efeito da levodopa na mecânica coclear e no sistema auditivo eferente de indivíduos com doença de Parkinson

CoDAS; 31 (1), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar o efeito da levodopa na dinâmica coclear, bem como na via eferente olivococlear medial de indivíduos com doença de Parkinson idiopática (DP). Método Indivíduos com e sem DP, acompanhados em um hospital universitário, realizaram a pesquisa das emissões otoacústicas po...

Resíduos faríngeos nas disfagias orofaríngeas neurogênicas

CoDAS; 31 (6), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo Comparar os resíduos faríngeos por consistência de alimento entre indivíduos com disfagia orofaríngea neurogênica. Método Estudo clínico transversal. Realizada análise de 30 exames de videoendoscopia de deglutição de indivíduos com diagnóstico de doenças neurológicas e di...

Treadmill training and kinesiotherapy versus conventional physiotherapy in Parkinson's disease: a pragmatic study

Abstract Introduction: Physiotherapy has been identified in the literature as an important treatment for individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) to improve functional capacity. Little is discussed about the physiotherapy practice environment for this population. Objective: To assess pragmatically t...

Respiratory muscle strength and lung function in the stages of Parkinson's disease

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate parameters of lung function and respiratory muscle strength in different stages of Parkinson's disease (PD), as well as to determine their correlation with motor function and quality of life. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at a referral center for...