Axial disability and deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson disease

A Fasano, CC Aquino, JK Krauss, CR Honey… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Axial motor signs—including gait impairment, postural instability and postural abnormalities—
are common and debilitating symptoms in patients with advanced Parkinson disease …

Managing gait, balance, and posture in Parkinson's disease

B Debû, C De Oliveira Godeiro, JC Lino… - Current neurology and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Postural instability and gait difficulties inexorably worsen with
Parkinson's disease (PD) progression and become treatment resistant, with a severe impact …

A spinal cord neuroprosthesis for locomotor deficits due to Parkinson's disease

T Milekovic, EM Moraud, N Macellari, C Moerman… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
People with late-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) often suffer from debilitating locomotor
deficits that are resistant to currently available therapies. To alleviate these deficits, we …

Normal and pathological gait: what we learn from Parkinson's disease

D Grabli, C Karachi, ML Welter, B Lau… - Journal of Neurology …, 2012 - jnnp.bmj.com
Gait and balance disorders represent a major therapeutic challenge in Parkinson's disease
(PD). These symptoms respond poorly to dopaminergic treatments, except in the early …

Spinal cord stimulation alleviates motor deficits in a primate model of Parkinson disease

MB Santana, P Halje, H Simplício, U Richter… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Although deep brain electrical stimulation can alleviate the motor symptoms of Parkinson
disease (PD), just a small fraction of patients with PD can take advantage of this procedure …

Spinal cord stimulation improves gait in patients with Parkinson's disease previously treated with deep brain stimulation

C Pinto de Souza, C Hamani… - Movement …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Deep brain stimulation and levodopatherapy ameliorate motor manifestations
in Parkinson's disease, but their effects on axial signs are not sustained in the long term …

Spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of abnormal posture and gait disorder in patients with Parkinson's disease

T Agari, I Date - Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) often present with axial symptoms,
including abnormal posture, postural instability, and gait disorder. Although spinal cord …

Future therapeutic strategies for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease

CK Cui, SJG Lewis - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Freezing of gait (FOG) is a common and challenging clinical symptom in Parkinson's
disease. In this review, we summarise the recent insights into freezing of gait and highlight …

Electrical stimulation of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord for Parkinson's disease

AP Yadav, MAL Nicolelis - Movement Disorders, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal cord stimulation has been used for the treatment of chronic pain for decades. In 2009,
our laboratory proposed, based on studies in rodents, that electrical stimulation of the dorsal …

Spinal cord stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review

EM de Andrade, MG Ghilardi, RG Cury, ER Barbosa… - Neurosurgical …, 2016 - Springer
Axial symptoms are a late-developing phenomenon in the course of Parkinson's disease
(PD) and represent a therapeutic challenge given their poor response to levodopa therapy …