title: Referral to rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease: who, when and to what end?
abstract: The current state of evidence in non-pharmacological treatments amounts to an impending paradigm shift in neurology where physicians should be alerted that some rehabilitation interventions are already supported in current therapeutic guidelines. This manuscript aims to overview the best scientific data supporting referral to rehabilitation services in order to help physicians make the best use of the existing evidence for non-pharmacological treatments in the different stages of Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Campus Neurológico Sénior, Portugal, Torres Vedras.
authors.forename: Josefa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Domingos
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Laboratório de Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Laboratório de Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon.
authors.forename: Joaquim J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012720:Severity of Illness Index