Abstract
A commentary on: "A 12-year population-based study of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease".
Highlights
Reviewed by: Ramesh Kandimalla, Texas Tech University, USA Akhilesh K
Building on previous work examining the progression of psychosis in Parkinson’s disease (PD) (Forsaa et al, 2010), the authors followed a cohort of 232 PD patients, assessing both motor and non-motor disease features including freezing of gait (FOG), severity of parkinsonism, motor complications, psychotic symptoms, and cognitive impairment at 4 and 8 years, and annually thereafter
Forsaa et al (2015) report a FOG point prevalence rate of 25% at the commencement of the study, 75% at the 8-year follow-up, and 63% at the end of the study. This variability in the literature may result from previous overreliance on cross-sectional research, as well as dropout rates stemming from non-PD related comorbidities and increased mortality in PD patients displaying FOG
Summary
Reviewed by: Ramesh Kandimalla, Texas Tech University, USA Akhilesh K. A 12-year population-based study of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease by Forsaa, E. Commentary on: “A 12-year population-based study of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease”.
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