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SUBMITTER: Gandor F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814706 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gandor F F Basta D D Gruber D D Poewe W W Ebersbach G G
Parkinson's disease 20160317
Lateral trunk flexion (LTF) is a common phenomenon in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and has recently been associated with peripheral vestibular dysfunction. Since deviation of the subjective visual vertical (SVV) is a well-recognized feature of disorders involving vestibular processing, we analyzed SVV angles in 30 PD patients with and without LTF to assess the possible role of vestibular dysfunction in the pathogenesis of LTF in PD. Quantification of SVV was obtained using a simple bed ...[more]