Effects of unilateral pedunculopontine stimulation on electromyographic activation patterns during gait in individual patients with Parkinson's disease

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1477-1486

  Caliandro, Pietro ^a,b   Insola, A ^c   Scarnati, E ^d   Padua, L ^a,e   Russo, G ^e   Granieri, E ^b   Mazzone, P ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Pedunculopontine nucleus

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; LATE STANCE EARLY SWING PHASE; LATE SWING EARLY STANCE PHASE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 80755140570     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0705-7     Document Type: Article

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