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Camptocormia in Japanese patients with Parkinson's disease: A multicenter study

✍ Scribed by Morinobu Seki; Kazushi Takahashi; Atsuo Koto; Ban Mihara; Yoko Morita; Kazuo Isozumi; Kouichi Ohta; Kazuhiro Muramatsu; Jun Gotoh; Keiji Yamaguchi; Yutaka Tomita; Hideki Sato; Yoshihiro Nihei; Satoko Iwasawa; Norihiro Suzuki; on behalf of Keio Parkinson's Disease Database

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 264 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23955

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Objective:

The aim of this work was to investigate the prevalence of camptocormia and the clinical characteristics of patients with camptocormia in a large population of PD patients.

Background:

Although camptocormia has been recognized as a prominent phenomenon in PD, the previous epidemiological reports were limited, especially in terms of sample size.

Methods:

We evaluated 531 PD patients (disease duration: 7.0 ± 5.5 years, mean ± standard deviation). We examined their clinical features and the prevalence of camptocormia.

Results:

Camptocormia was detected in 22 patients (4.1%) and found in patients who were older and had more severe motor symptoms and a higher levodopa (L‐dopa) dose (P < 0.05), compared to the patients without camptocormia. Patients with camptocormia showed significantly higher frequencies of autonomic symptoms, such as constipation and urinary incontinence (P < 0.05).

Conclusions:

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