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Camptocormia in Parkinson's Disease
Joint Authors
Abe, Kazuo
Uchida, Yutaka
Notani, Masaru
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-06-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
|Objectives.
Abnormalities of posture represent one of the main features of Parkinson's disease (PD).
Among them, camptocormia has been considered as rare in PD.
We investigated frequency and clinical features of camptocormia in PD patients.
Methods.
153 PD patients (mean 68.5±10.7 years old, duration 5.9±2.4 years) outpatiently recruited.
After neurologic examination, patients were rated on the Unified PD Rating Scale motor scale (UPDRS Part III), minimental state examination (MMSE).
Also we evaluated patients with camptocormia by MRI.
Of the 153 PD patients, 27 had camptocormia (mean age, 67.9±7.9 years old; disease duration, 6.1±3.9 years).
For further evaluation, we recruited age- and sex-matched 27 PD patients without camptocormia (11 men and 16 women; mean age ± SD, 69.2±10.1 years, duration 6.0±2.7 years) These selected 54 patients completed several self-assessments.
Lumbar and thoracic paraspinal muscles were studied by EMG.
Results.
There were no significant differences in age, duration, severity, and drug dose between patients with and without camptocormia.
Analysis of NMSS subitems indicated that PD patients tended to show lower scores for sleep/fatigue, attention/memory, and miscellaneous items.
Conclusions.
We found significant differences concerning nonmotor signs and symptoms evaluated by FAB, PDQ-8, FSQ, VAS-F, and NMSS between patients with and without camptocormia.
Our findings indicate that camptocormia is a relatively common sign in PD and that patients with camptocormia scores on the PDQ-8 compared with PD patients without camptocormia.
This suggests that improvements in camptocormia of PD patients may improve their QOL.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abe, Kazuo& Uchida, Yutaka& Notani, Masaru. 2010. Camptocormia in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson’s Disease،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abe, Kazuo…[et al.]. Camptocormia in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson’s Disease No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Abe, Kazuo& Uchida, Yutaka& Notani, Masaru. Camptocormia in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson’s Disease. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-989699