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>From: WE MOVE <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Non-Motor Fluctuations in PD (AAN 2001) >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 19:07:09 -0500 > >E-MOVE reports from the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of >Neurology in Philadelphia May 5-11, 2001. Poster and Platform session >numbers refer to abstracts published in Neurology 2001;56 (Supplement 3). > >Nonmotor fluctuations are extremely common in PD patients with motor >fluctuations, may be more disabling, and may be improved by deep brain >stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, according to these two reports. > >1. P02.087 Nonmotor fluctuations (NMF) in Parkinson's disease >E Kaphan, T Witjas, JP Azulay, O Blin, M Ceccaldi, J Pouget, M Poncet, AA >Cherif > >Structured interview with 35 PD patients with motor fluctuations revealed >that all had nonmotor fluctuations, including anxiety (66%), pain (60%), >and drenching sweats (60%), most commonly during off periods. One-third >rated their disability higher from nonmotor than from motor fluctuations. > > >2. P04.077 Effects of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation >(DBS) on nonmotor fluctuations (NMF) in Parkinson's disease >T Witjas, E Kaphan, JP Azulay, J Regis, AA Cherif, JC Peragut > >Nine patients with motor and nonmotor fluctuations underwent DBS of STN. >Six months after surgery, motor improvement was 78% and dyskinesia >improvement was 86%. Nonmotor fluctuations were reduced 45%, and 5 >patients had no nonmotor fluctuations. Drenching sweats, present in all >patients before surgery, disappeared entirely. > >Copyright 2000 WE MOVE >Editor: Richard Robinson ([log in to unmask]) > >This service is provided free of charge to the Internet community, >courtesy of WEMOVE.org. This document may be freely redistributed by >email only in its unedited form. We encourage you to share it with your >colleagues. > >E-MOVE archives, plus information on subscribing, are >available at http://www.wemove.org/emove. >To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask], >with "unsubscribe e-move" in the message body. > >E-MOVE is a service of WE MOVE (Worldwide Education and Awareness for >Movement Disorders) >204 West 84th Street >New York, NY 10024 > >TEL 800-437-MOV2 >TEL 212-875-8312 >FAX 212-875-8389 >http://www.wemove.org janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky . pd: 54/41/37 cd: 54/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] . a new voice: the nnnewsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/janet313/ . a new voice: the bbbook: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/wordbook/ . a new voice: the wwweb site: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn