A Survey of Pain in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
β Scribed by Mark A. Lee; Richard W. Walker; Tony J. Hildreth; Wendy M. Prentice
- Book ID
- 113740881
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3924
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## Abstract Pain and other nonmotor symptoms in PD are increasingly recognized as a major cause of reduced healthβrelated quality of life. Pain in PD may be categorized into a number of different subtypes, including musculoskeletal, dystonic, radicular neuropathic, and central pain. The onset of pa
Summnry: We studied the prevalence and character of pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) and its associatjon with motor fluctuations. Of 95 outpatients, 46% experienced pain they attributed to PD. Patients with pain were younger but no more disabled on objective motor scores than patients without pain.