Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for camptocormia associated with Parkinson's disease.
Camptocormia becomes increasingly recognized as a disabling symptom associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). We here report six patients with advanced PD in whom continuous bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus produced substantial (mean 78% +/- 9.1% of the thoracolumbar angle) improvement of camptocormia along with other motor symptoms.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Health Biosciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
Wataru
W
Sako
Masami
M
Nishio
Tomoyuki
T
Maruo
Hideki
H
Shimazu
Kazuhito
K
Matsuzaki
Tetsuya
T
Tamura
Hideo
H
Mure
Yukitaka
Y
Ushio
Shinji
S
Nagahiro
Ryuji
R
Kaji
Satoshi
S
Goto
D000328:Adult; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery