title: Pain in Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Pain may precede the diagnosis in Parkinson's disease (PD). The goal of this study was to assess the pain in a group of 20 females and 30 males with PD, after excluding co-morbidities as causes. It was used the following tools: Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, McGill questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory. In 27 patients (54%), the pain was associated with PD, occurring in 22 (44%) in the off period and 5 (10%) in both on and off periods. The off period resulted in an increased frequency of pain, which was related to stiffness. There was no association between pain and tremor in off period, neither between pain and Modified Hoehn and Yahr stage, nor the Schwab and England scale. It was not observed an association between pain and depression, neither between pain and dyskinesia. It was noticed the improvement in pain in 16 patients with levodopa (59.26%).
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Faculty of Medical Science, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. gletro@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Grace Helena
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Letro
authors.forename: Elizabeth M A B
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Quagliato
authors.forename: Maura Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Viana
mesh_terms: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D007980:Levodopa