Spinal cord stimulation failed to relieve akinesia or restore locomotion in parkinson disease

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1325-1327

  Thevathasan, W ^a   Mazzone, P ^b   Jha, A ^a   Djamshidian, A ^a   Dileone, M ^c   Di Lazzaro, V ^c   Brown, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CTO Hospital ASL Roma C   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AKINESIA; CASE REPORT; HAND ARM MOVEMENT TEST; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77951556603     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d9ed58     Document Type: Note

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