Parkinson's disease is a recognisable clinical syndrome with a range of causes and clinical
presentations. Parkinson's disease represents a fast-growing neurodegenerative condition; …

This document presents the Movement Disorder Society Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for
Parkinson's disease (PD). The Movement Disorder Society PD Criteria are intended for use in …

… Pickering and BR Bloem, unpublished observations). … the full repertoire of balance and gait
abnormalities in PD (see Bloem and Bhatia50 for a comprehensive review of clinical tests). It …

Freezing of gait (FoG) is a unique and disabling clinical phenomenon characterised by brief
episodes of inability to step or by extremely short steps that typically occur on initiating gait …

This article describes research criteria and probability methodology for the diagnosis of
prodromal PD. Prodromal disease refers to the stage wherein early symptoms or signs of PD …

Neurological disorders are now the leading source of disability globally, and the fastest growing
neurological disorder in the world is Parkinson disease. From 1990 to 2015, the number …

We studied prospectively the epidemiology, clinical impact and prediction of falls in 59
moderately affected patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) (mean UPDRS motor score 31.5; …

Background A Task Force was convened by the EFNS / MDS ‐ ES Scientist Panel on P
arkinson's disease ( PD ) and other movement disorders to systemically review relevant …

Objective: To investigate gender differences in basic disease characteristics, motor deterioration
and nigrostriatal degeneration in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: We studied 253 …

… Dr Bloem serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, has received …
Dr Bloem was supported through a center grant of the National Parkinson Foundation. …