作者: L. Pollak , Y. Dobronevsky , T. Prohorov , S. Bahunker , J. M. Rabey
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-73574-9_17
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摘要: Five men with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) were examined to assess the effect of low dose methylphenidate (MPD) on gait. The patients tested during “off” state before and two hours after intake 10mg MPD while walking an “8 trajectory”. total time, freezing number episodes nonfreezing time assessed. obtained data compared by Wilcoxon Signed Rank test a type I error rate 0.05. results showed statistically significant improvement in all gait parameters intake. Moreover, good correlation grade for each individual characteristic was found. study demonstrates that may improve gait, especially freezing, severe PD, without need exogenous L-dopa. mechanism action PD is further discussed.