• DOI:10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70067-9
Corpus ID: 17585999

Postural deformities in Parkinson's disease

@article{Doherty2011PosturalDI,
  title={Postural deformities in Parkinson's disease},
  author={K. Doherty and B. P. Warrenburg and M. C. Peralta and L. Silveira-Moriyama and B. Bloem},
  journal={The Lancet Neurology},
  year={2011},
  volume={10},
  pages={538-549}
}

• K. Doherty, B. P. Warrenburg, +2 authors B. Bloem
• Published 2011
• Medicine
• The Lancet Neurology

Postural deformities are frequent and disabling complications of Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism. These deformities include camptocormia, antecollis, Pisa syndrome, and scoliosis. Recognition of specific postural syndromes might have differential diagnostic value in patients presenting with parkinsonism. The evidence to date suggests that postural deformities have a multifactorial pathophysiology. Contributing factors include muscular rigidity; axial dystonia; weakness caused… Expand

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