Pain in Parkinson's disease: analysis of 50 cases in a clinic of movement disorders.
BACKGROUND
Pain is a common symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD), and is often related to the illness itself.


OBJECTIVE
To prospectively establish the occurrence of pain in PD patients.


METHODS
This study was conducted within a population composed of 50 patients with PD to evaluate the presence of pain.


RESULTS
Twenty-eight patients reported pain; comparing the group with pain and the group without pain, there were no differences related to the beginning of the illness and the motor symptoms of PD. However, many patients related an improvement of pain when antiparkinsonian therapy was initiated or adjusted.


CONCLUSIONS
The use of techniques for analgesia and the adjustment of PD medication contribute to improve the manifestations of pain and the life quality of patients with PD.
Silva
Elton Gomes da
EG
Department of Neurology, Medical Science School, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. elgosi@yahoo.com.br
Viana
Maura Aparecida
MA
Quagliato
Elizabeth Maria Aparecida Barasnevicius
EM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies