TY - BOOK ID - 8652972 TI - Diagnostics and rehabilitation of parkinson's disease PY - 2011 SN - 9535165984 9533077913 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Parkinson's disease. KW - Palsy, Shaking KW - Paralysis agitans KW - Parkinson disease KW - Parkinsonism KW - Shaking palsy KW - Brain KW - Extrapyramidal disorders KW - Diseases KW - Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8652972 AB - Diagnostics and Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease presents the most current information pertaining to news-making topics relating to this disease, including etiology, early biomarkers for the diagnostics, novel methods to evaluate symptoms, research, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, new applications of brain imaging and invasive methods to the study of Parkinson's disease. Researchers have only recently begun to focus on the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, which are poorly recognized and inadequately treated by clinicians. The non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease have a significant impact on patient quality of life and mortality and include cognitive impairments, autonomic, gastrointestinal, and sensory symptoms. In-depth discussion of the use of imaging tools to study disease mechanisms is also provided, with emphasis on the abnormal network organization in parkinsonism. Deep brain stimulation management is a paradigm-shifting therapy for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. In the recent years, new approaches of early diagnostics, training programmes and treatments have vastly improved the lives of people with Parkinson's disease, substantially reducing symptoms and significantly delaying disability. Written by leading scientists on movement and neurological disorders, this comprehensive book should appeal to a multidisciplinary audience and help people cope with medical, emotional, and practical challenges. ER -