Parkinsons and “training BIG”

This post comes from the Medscape newsletter (so I can’t copy and paste due to copyright), and unfortunately it is a report on a presentation from the Movement Disorder Society 14th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Buenos Aires, and no paper is available yet. Georg Ebersbach, MD (Movement Disorders Clinic, Beelitz-Heilstatten,

Parkinson’s and bicycling?

Interesting NYT article today reporting on a case report in the NEJM about a man with late-stage PD in the Netherlands who could hardly walk but could bicycle including making a u-turn. The article has a video of his gait and the ride – very interesting. Photo credit: Nuns on bicycle… [B&W], originally uploaded by

Parkinson's – an issue of spatial perception?

In the most recent Medscape Medical News email, they presented an interesting research study on how freezing in Parkinson’s may not be a motor issue but rather a sensory-perceptual one (the article is copyrighted, so I can’t post it). The study compared 15 patients with freezing, 16 with PD but no freezing, and 16 healthy controls and