Falls in Parkinson's disease: a complex and evolving picture

A Fasano, CG Canning, JM Hausdorff… - Movement …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Falls are a major determinant of poor quality of life, immobilization, and reduced life
expectancy in people affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) and in older adults more …

Proportion of falls reported in persons with Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis

A Van Bladel, N Herssens, K Bouche… - Clinical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Falls can be highly debilitating and have an important negative impact on the
quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of this systematic review and …

Effects of dopamine on reinforcement learning in Parkinson's disease depend on motor phenotype

AJ van Nuland, RC Helmich, MF Dirkx, H Zach, I Toni… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease is clinically defined by bradykinesia, along with rigidity and tremor.
However, the severity of these motor signs is greatly variable between individuals …

The structural connectivity of discrete networks underlies impulsivity and gambling in Parkinson's disease

PE Mosley, S Paliwal, K Robinson, T Coyne, P Silburn… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Impulsivity in Parkinson's disease may be mediated by faulty evaluation of rewards or the
failure to inhibit inappropriate choices. Despite prior work suggesting that distinct neural …

Task-and context-specific balance training program enhances dynamic balance and functional performance in parkinsonian nonfallers: a randomized controlled trial …

IS Wong-Yu, MK Mak - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the short-and long-term effects of a task-and context-specific
balance training program on dynamic balance and functional performance, and to explore …

Risk factors for frequent falls in people with Parkinson's disease

SS Paul, NE Allen, C Sherrington… - Journal of …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Fall frequency varies among individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). We aimed to
determine whether risk factors that distinguish PD fallers from non-fallers are influenced by …

Two-year trajectory of fall risk in people with Parkinson disease: a latent class analysis

SS Paul, A Thackeray, RP Duncan… - Archives of physical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To examine fall risk trajectories occurring naturally in a sample of individuals with
early to middle stage Parkinson disease (PD). Design Latent class analysis, specifically …

Self‐reported rates of impulsivity in Parkinson's Disease

MA Aumann, AJ Stark, SB Hughes… - Annals of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Impulsive decision‐making is characterized by actions taken without considering
consequences. Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who receive dopaminergic treatment …

Psychometric properties of a Norwegian adaption of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale‐11 in a sample of Parkinson patients, headache patients, and controls

JC Lindstrøm, NG Wyller, MM Halvorsen… - Brain and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the psychometric properties of a Norwegian translation of the Barratt
Impulsiveness Scale (BIS‐11) for use in populations of headache, Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Development and validation of a fall questionnaire for patients with Parkinson's disease

A Frank, J Bendig, S Finkbeiner… - Movement disorders …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background In Parkinson's disease, postural instability and falls are of particular
socioeconomic relevance. Although effective fall prevention and the prophylaxis of fall …