Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for camptocormia associated with Parkinson's disease | Zendy

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Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for camptocormia associated with Parkinson's disease

Author(s) -

Sako Wataru,

Nishio Masami,

Maruo Tomoyuki,

Shimazu Hideki,

Matsuzaki Kazuhito,

Tamura Tetsuya,

Mure Hideo,

Ushio Yukitaka,

Nagahiro Shinji,

Kaji Ryuji,

Goto Satoshi

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

movement disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352

H-Index - 198

eISSN - 1531-8257

pISSN - 0885-3185

DOI - 10.1002/mds.22529

Subject(s) - subthalamic nucleus , deep brain stimulation , parkinson's disease , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , movement disorders , motor symptoms , stimulation , central nervous system disease , degenerative disease , neuroscience , disease , physical therapy , psychology , surgery

Camptocormia becomes increasingly recognized as a disabling symptom associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). We here report six patients with advanced PD in whom continuous bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus produced substantial (mean 78% ± 9.1% of the thoracolumbar angle) improvement of camptocormia along with other motor symptoms. © 2009 Movement Disorder Society

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