Myung Jun Lee, Jinse Park, Dong-Woo Ryu, Dallah Yoo, Sang-Myung Cheon
{"title":"Factors associated with response to exercise in patients with Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Myung Jun Lee, Jinse Park, Dong-Woo Ryu, Dallah Yoo, Sang-Myung Cheon","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Exercises have been proposed as adjuvants for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD); however, responses to exercise interventions have shown inconsistent results. We investigated clinical factors associated with improvements in motor deficits after exercise.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>85 PD patients were enrolled from five tertiary hospitals and classified into four exercise groups: home exercises, strength training, Tai Chi, and yoga. Clinical measurements of the motor and non-motor features of PD were assessed at baseline and 12 weeks after the exercise intervention. We employed principal component analysis (PCA) to reduce variables into ten factors and then examined associations of baseline characteristics with percentage improvement in the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part III (MDS-UPDRS III) using the Bayesian regression model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the multivariate Bayesian regression model including ten PCA-driven factors, the percentage improvement of the MDS-UPDRS III was associated with factors including prominent motor deficits (posterior interval; mean ± SD, - 3.9 ± 1.7) and non-motor symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and subjective memory impairment (2.5 ± 1.5). Another factor related to functional impairments in gait and postural control was associated with less improvement after the exercise intervention (3.3 ± 1.7). In the subgroup analyses, motor features were associated with improvement in the home exercise and strength training groups, whereas mood disturbance, fatigue, and subjective cognitive impairment were related to changes in the home exercise and Tai Chi groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results suggest that individual phenotypes of PD patients may be associated with clinical improvement following exercise.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian Paul R De Leon, Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Onanong Phokaewvarangkul
{"title":"Optimizing Device-Aided Therapies in Advanced Parkinson's Disease: A Case Series on Continuous Subcutaneous Apomorphine Infusion in Challenging Scenarios.","authors":"Adrian Paul R De Leon, Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Onanong Phokaewvarangkul","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pavankumar Katragadde, Vikram V Holla, Nitish Kamble, Rohan R Mahale, Ravi Yadav, Pramod Kumar Pal
{"title":"Diagnostic spectrum in a cohort of \"Atypical\" Atypical Parkinsonism Syndromes: A single center experience.","authors":"Pavankumar Katragadde, Vikram V Holla, Nitish Kamble, Rohan R Mahale, Ravi Yadav, Pramod Kumar Pal","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hee Jin Chang, Jongkyu Park, Sohee Oh, Chae Won Shin, Ji Won Kim, Jin Whan Cho, Jee-Young Lee
{"title":"Efficacy of levodopa/benserazide dispersible tablet on the 'Delayed-ON' to first morning dose in patients with Parkinson's disease with motor fluctuations: a multicenter, randomized, open-label, cross-over trial.","authors":"Hee Jin Chang, Jongkyu Park, Sohee Oh, Chae Won Shin, Ji Won Kim, Jin Whan Cho, Jee-Young Lee","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Delayed ON is a condition in which Parkinson's disease (PD) patients do not experience the effect of levodopa in time after taking the dosage. The efficacy of various oral levodopa regimens to overcome this problem has been investigated limitedly.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the efficacy of levodopa/benserazide dispersible tablet in PD patients with delayed ON to first morning dose.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This multicenter, randomized, cross-over trial involved 40 eligible PD patients with delayed ON. Participants were randomized to receive either levodopa/benserazide 100mg dispersible or regular tablets for 4 weeks, thereafter one week wash-out interval, followed by an alternate drug for another 4-week. Participants took the investigational drug with the first-morning dose of their antiparkinsonian medications. Other medications were unchanged during the trial. The primary outcome was changes in time-to-ON after the first-morning dose recorded in a special diary before and after each therapy. We also evaluated changes in parkinsonism, motor fluctuations, and dyskinesia using the Unified PD Rating Scale and Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale. Finally, we investigated whether the efficacy wase affected by Helicobacter pylori status using baseline serum samples from every participant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nine patients dropped out during the trial. The time-to-ON was significantly reduced by the dispersible tablet compared with the regular tablet (-34.72 vs -23.81 minutes, p=0.014). There were no significant changes in parkinsonian severity or dyskinesia with either drug. The dispersible formulation was beneficial for both Helicobacter pylori-positive and -negative groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Levodopa/benserazide dispersible formulations can improve time-to-ON without exacerbating dyskinesia in PD patients suffering from delayed ON.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143970270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An uncommon cause of progressive rest, postural and kinetic tremor with ataxia in a middle-aged man: a rare case of Klinefelter's syndrome.","authors":"Malghalara Naeem, Shakya Bhattacharjee","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors associated with the decline of daytime bed-mobility independence in Parkinson's disease: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Masaru Narita, Kosuke Sakano, Yuichi Nakashiro, Fumio Moriwaka, Shinsuke Hamada, Yohei Okada","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>People with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) experience a gradual decline in independence in bed mobility as the disease progresses. Identifying factors associated with non-independence in daytime bed mobility is crucial for developing effective interventions to enhance independence. We investigated factors associated with non-independence in daytime bed mobility in PwPD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study included 109 PwPD (Hoehn & Yahr [HY] stage 2-4) . Patients' bed mobility ability (turning in bed, supine-to-sitting, and sitting-to-supine) was assessed during daytime and categorized into independent and non-independent groups. Potential factors associated with bed-mobility independence were evaluated, including components of the Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (rigidity, bradykinesia, tremor, axial symptoms), neck/trunk/hip strength, the Mini-Mental State Examination, and the Trail Making Test-A and B.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The non-independent group showed significantly increased axial symptoms, increased rigidity in the upper and lower limbs and neck, increased upper limb bradykinesia, and decreased trunk flexion/extension strength in all bed-mobility tasks (p<0.05). Multivariate regression analyses showed that axial symptoms, upper limb rigidity, and trunk extension strength were highly discriminative for non-independence in turning in bed (AUC=0.84). Similarly, upper limb rigidity and axial symptoms were predictive of non-independence in supine-to-sitting and sitting-to-supine movements (AUC=0.78, 0.92). A significant difference in axial symptoms between HY4 subgroups was observed only in the sitting-to-supine movement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings indicate that axial symptoms and upper limb rigidity are key factors contributing to non-independence in daytime bed-mobility tasks among PwPD. Targeting these factors in rehabilitation may help mitigate the decline in bed-mobility independence in PwPD.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144063894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nobutaka Hattori, Lawrence Elmer, Stuart H Isaacson, Rajesh Pahwa, Olivier Rascol, Kapil Sethi, Fabrizio Stocchi, Yu Nakajima, Hannah Cummings, Lia Kostiuk
{"title":"Safety and efficacy of istradefylline in Parkinson's disease patients with and without pre-existing dyskinesia: Pooled analysis of 8 randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Nobutaka Hattori, Lawrence Elmer, Stuart H Isaacson, Rajesh Pahwa, Olivier Rascol, Kapil Sethi, Fabrizio Stocchi, Yu Nakajima, Hannah Cummings, Lia Kostiuk","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Evaluate the efficacy of istradefylline in people with Parkinson's disease with motor fluctuations, with and without dyskinesia, and characterize potential predictors for treatment-emergent dyskinesia with istradefylline.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Pooled analysis of 8 phase 2b/3 trials of istradefylline (20 or 40mg/day) versus placebo.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 2719 patients, including 56% with baseline dyskinesia, were analyzed post-hoc. The presence of baseline dyskinesia did not affect mean reductions in OFF-time, increases in ON-time without troublesome dyskinesia, or improvements in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor scores associated with istradefylline treatment. Dyskinesia was reported by 17% of istradefylline-treated patients, with higher rates for women (21%), patients with BMI <18.5 kg/m2 (22%), and patients treated with COMT inhibitors plus dopamine agonists (22%) and MAO-B inhibitors (25%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Istradefylline treatment resulted in greater reductions in total OFF hours/day and increases in ON-time without troublesome dyskinesia versus placebo regardless of the presence or absence of pre-existing dyskinesia.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143968020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome: A Rare Case of Infantile-Onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism.","authors":"Bhavani Madduluri, Garapati Divyateja, Sireesha Yareeda","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143997277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M K Farsana, Vikram V Holla, Nitish Kamble, Rohan R Mahale, Faheem Arshad, Pramod Kumar Pal, Ravi Yadav
{"title":"Rare Yet Real: Rheumatic Chorea's Burden in the Modern Era- Case series from a Tertiary Health Care Centre in South India.","authors":"M K Farsana, Vikram V Holla, Nitish Kamble, Rohan R Mahale, Faheem Arshad, Pramod Kumar Pal, Ravi Yadav","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143971737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sepehr Khosravi, Toktam Moosavian, Shadab Salehpour, Seyed Amir Hassan Habibi, Afagh Alavi, Mohammad Rohani
{"title":"Clinical and Genetic Characterization of Woodhouse-Sakati Syndrome in Iranian Patients: A Case Series.","authors":"Sepehr Khosravi, Toktam Moosavian, Shadab Salehpour, Seyed Amir Hassan Habibi, Afagh Alavi, Mohammad Rohani","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome (WSS) is a rare autosomal recessive neuroendocrine disorder characterized by a variety of endocrine and neurological involvement, including extrapyramidal symptoms and intellectual disability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This report presents five Iranian patients with WSS with their genetic characterizations, also reporting the first Iranian patient to undergo Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>We highlight five Iranian patients with mutations in DCAF17 gene presenting with variable features of WSS, with symptom onset in early adolescence. Whole exome sequencing identified four homozygous variants (c.436delC, c.982-2A>G, c.580C>T, and c.838+1G>A) within the DCAF17 gene in the probands. Patients had variable responses to common therapies, and one patient achieved significant improvement following DBS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We expand the clinical and genetic heterogeneity among Iranian patients and suggest the c.436delC variant as a founder mutation in the region. We highlight the importance of considering WSS in patients with both neurological and endocrine symptoms and suggest DBS as a potential treatment option.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143999456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}