Purpose -The outcomes of motor and non-motor features of Parkinson’s disease (PD) following DBS vary among its subtypes. We tested whether pre-operative motor subtyping using the modified Tremor/PIGD ratio, could indicate the short-term motor, non-motor and quality of life (QOL) outcomes of STN-DBS.
Method In this prospective study, 39 consecutive STN-DBS cases were assessed in Drug-OFF state before surgery and subtyped using the ratio of tremor and PIGD scores (T/P ratio). 6 months after surgery patients were reassessed in Stimulation ON-Drug OFF state and the percentage change in motor, non-motor and QOL scores (PDQ39) was calculated.
Results The modified T/P ratio had a moderate, positive correlation with the percentage change in scores of UPDRS III in OFF, sum of cardinal motor signs, non-motor symptoms scale (NMSS) and quality of life (PDQ39).
Conclusion Preoperative PD motor subtyping can be used as an indicator of the short-term, outcomes of STN-DBS in PD.
Background Oculomotor impairment is an important diagnostic feature of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and PSP subtypes.
Objectives We assessed the role of video oculography (VOG) in confirming clinically suspected slow saccades in PSP and differentiating PSP from Parkinson’s disease (PD). We also measured the correlation of both saccadic velocity and latency in PSP with scores in PSP rating scale, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Frontal assessment battery (FAB). We assessed the frequency of apraxia of eyelid opening (ALO) and reflex blepharospasm in PSP and PD.
Method 112 PSP cases with slow saccades but not gaze palsy, 50 PD and 50 healthy controls (HC) were recruited. MDS task force-PSP and PD criteria were used respectively, for the diagnoses. All subjects underwent VOG.
Result Horizontal and vertical saccadic velocities and latencies differentiated PSP from PD and HC (p<0.001). Vertical saccadic velocity and latency accurately differentiated PSP-P from PD (p<0.001 and 0.003 respectively). Vertical and horizontal saccadic velocities differentiated PSP- RS and PSP- P (p=0.026 and 0.036 respectively). In vertical gaze, the mean velocity cut-off showed good sensitivity and specificity in differentiating PSP from HC and PD. Prolonged horizontal gaze latency was associated with more severe PSP and worse global cognitive and frontal dysfunction. ALO and reflex blepharospasm were only seen in PSP.
Conclusion VOG is useful for confirming slow saccades in PSP-RS and PSP-P and in differentiating PSP-P from PD. Prolonged horizontal gaze latency was associated with more severe PSP and worse cognitive dysfunction. ALO and reflex blepharospasm were seen only in PSP.
Objective Recent reports of hearing impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) have suggested that auditory dysfunction could be a non-motor manifestation of PD. These reports were based on observations of elderly patients for whom presbycusis may, to some extent, have contributed to hearing dysfunction. Therefore, we aimed to explore the auditory functions in younger patients with PD. Methods We conducted a case-control study in a relatively younger (< 55 years of age at study time) population of PD patients and healthy volunteers to test whether auditory dysfunction is a significant non-motor dysfunction in PD. Pure tone audiometry (PTA) and brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA) were performed in all participants. Results None of the patients or controls reported hearing deficits. Fifty-one patients with PD and 50 healthy volunteers who were age- and gender-matched to the patients participated. PTA-detected hearing impairment was found in 64.7% of patients and 28% of controls (p < 0.001) for both low-mid and/or high frequencies. Hearing impairment was more frequent in the younger subgroups of patients than age-matched controls, while the frequency of hearing impairment was similar in older groups of subjects. BERA was not different between patients and controls. Conclusion Asymptomatic auditory dysfunction is a common non-motor manifestation of early-onset PD and more frequent in younger patients, indicating that it may be independent of aging. The mechanism underlying this dysfunction appears to be peripheral, although a central dysfunction cannot be ruled out based on the findings of this study.
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