SANTA MARIA, Calif. — John Dunphy's life consists of a lot of pills. "This is the most important one, it helps me," he said. He needs the meds for the disorder he lives with: Parkinson's. His hands ...

Parkinson's disease patients who experience freezing of gait (a sudden inability to initiate or continue movement, often resulting in a fall) wake up several times during the night, feel sleepy during ...

"Freezing" is a common and debilitating symptom of Parkinson's disease, with patients suddenly finding themselves unable to move their feet forward. Drugs, surgeries and behavioral therapies have all ...

NICE, France — Both Parkinson's patients who have freezing of gait, known as "freezers," and those who do not, "non-freezers," benefit from multimodal balance training (MBT) with rhythmic cues, a new ...

Patients with PD and FOG generally exhibited increased symptoms of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (n=9 studies), daytime sleepiness (n=4 studies), and sleep disturbances (n=4 studies).

In a recent study published in the journal Npj Parkinson’s Disease, researchers meta-analyzed data obtained from a systematic review to understand the risk factors that influence the development of ...

Freezing of gait incidence among patients with Parkinson disease (PD) was associated with older age, more severe motor symptoms, postural instability/gait difficulty clinical phenotype, and other risk ...