Journal
JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 1579-1583Publisher
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JPD-212779
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; COVID-19; confinement; motor disease progression; MDS-UPDRS part III
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The study found that motor symptoms worsened and motor disease progression significantly increased in patients with Parkinson's disease during pandemic-related restrictions compared to before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Whilst some studies investigated the impact of viral infection or reduced access to medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), data on the effects of pandemic restrictions are still scarce. We retrospectively analyzed motor symptoms of longitudinally followed PD patients (n = 264) and compared motor disease progression before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we performed a trend analysis of the yearly evolution of motor symptoms in 755 patients from 2016 until 2021. We observed a worsening of motor symptoms and a significantly increased motor disease progression during pandemic-related restrictions as compared to before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available