Camptocormia in Japanese patients with Parkinson's disease: a multicenter study.
Mov Disord
; 26(14): 2567-71, 2011 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21953897
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this work was to investigate the prevalence of camptocormia and the clinical characteristics of patients with camptocormia in a large population of PD patients.BACKGROUND:
Although camptocormia has been recognized as a prominent phenomenon in PD, the previous epidemiological reports were limited, especially in terms of sample size.METHODS:
We evaluated 531 PD patients (disease duration 7.0 ± 5.5 years, mean ± standard deviation). We examined their clinical features and the prevalence of camptocormia.RESULTS:
Camptocormia was detected in 22 patients (4.1%) and found in patients who were older and had more severe motor symptoms and a higher levodopa (L-dopa) dose (P < 0.05), compared to the patients without camptocormia. Patients with camptocormia showed significantly higher frequencies of autonomic symptoms, such as constipation and urinary incontinence (P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Camptocormia is uncommon in PD and is associated with disease severity, higher L-dopa dose and higher frequencies of autonomic symptoms.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parkinson Disease
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Spinal Curvatures
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Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
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Asian People
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Year:
2011
Type:
Article