Low-frequency versus high-frequency stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus area in Parkinson's disease: A randomised controlled trial

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 674-679

  Nosko, D ^a,b,c   Ferraye, M U ^a,b,d   Fraix, V ^a,b,c   Goetz, L ^a,b,c   Chabardes S ^a,b,c   Pollak, P ^a,b,c,e   Debu B ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHAVIOURAL GAIT ASSESSMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HIGH FREQUENCY NERVE STIMULATION; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NERVE STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; AGED; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929998022     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-307511     Document Type: Article

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