Parkinson’s Syndrome Articles
Exercise Training and Parkinson’s Disease: Placebo or Essential Treatment?
Reuter, I.; Engelhardt, M. Physician and Sports medicine 2002 Mar; 30(3): 43-50 ABSTRACT: Exercise training is often recommended for patients who have Parkinson’s disease. Until the debate about the pathophysiologic cause of impaired movement in parkinsonism is...
Chronic NPH and Degenerative Brain Disease
Flanagan M. Dynamic Chiropractic 2002 Mar; 20(7) In the first part of this series, we discussed the role of the craniosacral primary respiratory rhythm in cranial hydrodynamics. In the second article, we discussed the role of the accessory drainage system (vertebral...
The power of cueing to circumvent dopamine deficits: a review of physical therapy treatment of gait disturbances in Parkinson’s disease
Rubinstein TC, Giladi N, Hausdorff JM Mov Disord. 2002 Nov;17(6):1148-60 Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Gait disturbances are among the primary...
Aerobic exercise intervention improves aerobic capacity and movement initiation in Parkinson’s disease patients
Bergen, J.L.; Toole, T.; Elliott III, R.G.; Wallace, B.; Robinson, K.; Maitland, C.G. Neurorehabilitation 2002; 17(2): 161-8 ABSTRACT: Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive neurologic disorder, which includes an inability to activate appropriate muscle activity....
The effects of pulsed auditory stimulation on various gait measurements in persons with Parkinson’s Disease
Freedland, R.L.; Festa, C.; Sealy, M.; Mcbean, A.; Elghazaly, P.; Capan, A.; Brozycki, L.; Nelson, A.J.; Rothman, J. Neurorehabilitation 2002 ; 17(1) : 81-7 ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the Functional Ambulation Performance Score (FAP; a...
Craniocervical Syndrome: Its Potential Role in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Other Diseases of the Brain
Flanagan M Dynamic Chiropractic 2001 Nov; 19(23) Part I: Cranial Hydrodynamics and the Sutures The human brain has two drainage routes: one is through the transverse/sigmoid sinus system and into the internal jugular veins; the other is through the occipital...
The effects of physical therapy in Parkinson’s disease: a research synthesis
De Goede, C.; Keus, S.; Kwakkel, G.; Wagenaar, R. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 Apr; 82(4): 509-15 ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: To present a critical review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the effects of physical therapy in patients suffering...
Tyrosine depletion attenuates dopamine function in healthy volunteers.
Harmer CJ, McTavish SF, Clark L, Goodwin GM, Cowen PJ Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2001 Feb;154(1):105-11 University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK RATIONALE: Tyrosine depletion has been shown to reduce dopamine over activity in animal and...
Resistance Training and Gait Function in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Scandalis, T.A.; Bosak, A.; Berliner, J.C.; Helman, L.L.; Wells, M.R. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2001 Jan; 80(1): 38-43 ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine whether patients with Parkinson’s disease who are enrolled in a resistance...
(Coenzyme q(10)) and Mitochondria in Oxidative Stress of Parkinson’s Disease
Ebadi, M.; Govitrapong, P.; Sharma, S.; Ubiquinone Biological Signals and Receptors 2001; 10: 224-253 ABSTRACT: Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease affecting approximately 1% of the population older than...