Debjyoti Dhar, Vikram Venkappayya Holla, Sneha Dayanand Kamath, Nitish Kamble, Dwarakanath Srinivas, Ravi Yadav, Pramod Kumar Pal
{"title":"Surgicogenomics in Genetic Parkinson's Disease: A Single-Center Experience From a Tertiary Care Center.","authors":"Debjyoti Dhar, Vikram Venkappayya Holla, Sneha Dayanand Kamath, Nitish Kamble, Dwarakanath Srinivas, Ravi Yadav, Pramod Kumar Pal","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25095","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25095","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"94-97"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12885644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145033459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Possible Contribution of Parietal Lobe Dysfunction to Hand-Foot Synkinesis in Corticobasal Syndrome: A Case Report.","authors":"Gohei Yamada, Kenji Okita, Tomoyuki Kuno, Eiichi Katada","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25206","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25206","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"102-104"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12885647/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145085178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lay San Lim, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Yun-Ru Lai, Na-Ning Kan, Chien-Chang Liao, Sieh Yang Lee
{"title":"Muscle Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Tool for Assessing Sarcopenia in Parkinson's Disease.","authors":"Lay San Lim, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Yun-Ru Lai, Na-Ning Kan, Chien-Chang Liao, Sieh Yang Lee","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25072","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of muscle ultrasonography (US) as a diagnostic tool for assessing sarcopenia in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) to facilitate early detection and intervention to help prevent falls and enhance quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective single-center study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of US for identifying sarcopenia, using the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 criteria as the reference. A total of 85 patients with PD, were recruited between June 2022 and August 2024, consisting of 31 individuals in the sarcopenic group and 54 in the nonsarcopenic group. We compared muscle thickness (MT), cross-sectional area (CSA), and shear wave velocity of the rectus femoris (RF), anterior tibialis (AT), and biceps brachii (BB) between the two groups. Statistical analyses included univariate analysis, correlation analysis, and binary logistic regression to develop a prediction model for sarcopenia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sarcopenic group exhibited lower MTBB, MTAT, and CSAAT than the nonsarcopenic group (all p<0.05). MTBB, CSABB, and CSAAT were significantly correlated with the appendicular skeletal muscle mass index and functional measures (all p<0.05). The prediction model, which included age, body mass index, and MTBB as predictors, achieved an area under the curve of 0.857, with a sensitivity of 80.6% and a specificity of 79.6%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>US is a reliable and effective diagnostic tool for assessing sarcopenia in patients with PD, providing a practical approach for early identification of this condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"347-354"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580733/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144883030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anti-IgLON5-Related Movement Disorders: A Series of Three Cases from a Tertiary Centre in India.","authors":"Shivani Rath, Puthiyarambath Arjun Chandrashekar, Aravind Gunasekaran, Vikram Venkappayya Holla, Nitish Kamble, Pramod Kumar Pal, Ravi Yadav","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25121","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"385-388"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580753/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144816894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound in Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor: Incisionless but Invasive. A Narrative Review.","authors":"Vinod Metta, Hani Taha Sherif Benamer, Georgios Kapsas, Rukmini Mridula, Rajesh Alugolu, Hasna Hussain, Afsal Nalarakettil, Sampath Kumar Natuva Sai, Mohamed Elmahdy, Rupam Borgohain, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25042","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an emerging and promising technology for treating movement disorders, such as essential tremors and tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease. MRgFUS utilizes advanced ultrasound transducer emitters to condense sound waves at a precisely defined point. This technology can target various brain areas, such as the pallidothalamic tract, thalamus, and pallidum, to ameliorate some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, such as dystonic and action-induced tremors. We review the current status of preclinical and clinical trials on the clinical use, treatment outcomes, and indications of MRgFUS.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"289-303"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580729/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144225697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tongue Myorhythmia as a Manifestation of IgLON 5 Disease.","authors":"Abeer Goel, Sahil Mehta, Shreshtha Gupta, Dhanush Mallesh, Sidharth Chand, Vivek Lal","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25161","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25161","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"396"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580766/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144674984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carla Silva-Batista, Lee E Neilson, Hanna Whang, Jacqueline Ellison, Delaram Safarpour, Lauren S Talman, Fay B Horak, John Nutt, Marian L Dale
{"title":"Variability in Pull Test Performance Within a Tertiary Movement Disorders Center.","authors":"Carla Silva-Batista, Lee E Neilson, Hanna Whang, Jacqueline Ellison, Delaram Safarpour, Lauren S Talman, Fay B Horak, John Nutt, Marian L Dale","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25140","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"304-307"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580756/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144368995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Myung Jun Lee, Jinse Park, Dong-Woo Ryu, Dallah Yoo, Sang-Myung Cheon
{"title":"Factors Associated With the 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":"10.14802/jmd.25068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </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 the clinical factors associated with improvements in motor deficits after exercise.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 85 patients with PD were enrolled from five tertiary hospitals and classified into four exercise groups: home exercise, strength training, Tai Chi, and yoga groups. Clinical measurements of the motor and nonmotor features of patients with PD were performed 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 sponsored Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III (MDS-UPDRS III) score via a Bayesian regression model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the multivariate Bayesian regression model including ten PCA-derived factors, the percentage improvement in the MDS-UPDRS III score was associated with factors including prominent motor deficits (posterior interval [mean±standard deviation]: 2.5±1.5) and nonmotor symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and subjective memory impairment (3.3±1.7). Another factor related to functional impairments in gait and postural control was associated with less improvement after the exercise intervention (-3.9±1.7). According to the subgroup analyses, motor features were associated with improvements 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 the individual phenotypes of patients with PD may be associated with clinical improvement following exercise.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"308-316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580730/pdf/","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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sungyang Jo, Moongwan Choi, Jihyun Lee, Sangjin Lee, Hwon Heo, Chong Hyun Suh, Woo Hyun Shim, Junhyung Kim, Sang Ryong Jeon, Hyunna Lee, Sun Ju Chung
{"title":"Connectivity-Based Analysis of the Stimulation Effects of Globus Pallidus Interna Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: A Focus on Freezing of Gait.","authors":"Sungyang Jo, Moongwan Choi, Jihyun Lee, Sangjin Lee, Hwon Heo, Chong Hyun Suh, Woo Hyun Shim, Junhyung Kim, Sang Ryong Jeon, Hyunna Lee, Sun Ju Chung","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25005","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Freezing of gait (FOG) significantly affects quality of life and increases the risk of falls in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Although deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus interna (GPi) is effective in managing motor complications, its efficacy in treating FOG remains inconsistent. This study aimed to determine whether preoperative structural brain connectivity can predict both the presence of FOG and its postoperative improvement following GPi DBS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed 58 patients with PD who underwent GPi DBS. Preoperative diffusion tensor imaging was used to assess structural connectivity between the volume of activated tissue (VAT) and 82 cortical regions. Machine learning models were developed to predict baseline FOG and postoperative FOG improvement (defined as a ≥1- or ≥2-point reduction) using demographic and connectivity features.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Machine learning models incorporating structural connectivity features between the VAT and cortical regions-including the prefrontal, cingulate, and premotor cortices-outperformed models based solely on demographic variables in predicting both the presence of preoperative FOG and postoperative improvement. For example, the support vector machine model to predict FOG improvement (≥1-point improvement) achieved an accuracy of 0.65 with demographic data alone, which increased to 0.77 with the addition of structural connectivity features. Similar performance enhancements were observed in sensitivity analyses using stricter FOG thresholds (≥2-point improvement).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Preoperative structural connectivity between the GPi and key cortical regions involved in cognitive control and motor planning predicts FOG responsiveness to DBS. These.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>highlight the utility of connectomic biomarkers for personalizing DBS strategies and optimizing therapeutic outcomes in patients with advanced PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"327-336"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580727/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Biofeedback Therapy on Anxiety and Depression in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Justus Chun-Yu Chen, Tzu-Yun Tseng, Jong-Ling Fuh, Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Dai-Wei Lin, Han-Lin Chiang","doi":"10.14802/jmd.25097","DOIUrl":"10.14802/jmd.25097","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This pilot study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and potential effects of biofeedback therapy (BT) on anxiety and depression among patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A randomized waitlist-controlled trial was conducted involving 19 patients with PD and comorbid anxiety and/or depression. Anxiety and depression were assessed at baseline, posttreatment, and 1-month follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All 19 patients completed the study. Compared with those of the control group, significant improvements in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the anxiety subscale (but not the depression subscale) of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were observed immediately after BT. In the pooled analysis, the anxiolytic effect persisted at the 1-month follow-up, with greater improvements observed in those with more severe baseline anxiety.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These preliminary findings suggest that BT may help reduce anxiety symptoms among PD patients. Future studies with larger, more severely affected cohorts are needed to confirm these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":16372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Movement Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"360-364"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12580731/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144626569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}