Department of Neurology, City Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK Objective: To perform a pilot trial of occupational therapy (OT) to optimise functional ...

Background The Edmond J Safra Accelerating Clinical Trials in Parkinson Disease initiative (EJS ACT-PD) is developing a multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platform trial to accelerate identification of ...

Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, New England Medical Cente, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Dr Kenneth C Gorson, Division of Neurology, St Elizabeth’s Medical ...

Objective: There are only limited epidemiological studies evaluating the association between vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) and outcomes. This study was designed to elucidate the outcome and ...

Dr JL Iddon, Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Box 167, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 5RG, UK email jo.iddon{at}cenes.co.uk OBJECTIVES Eleven patients ...

1 Department of Neurology, Medical Centre Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands 2 Department of Neurology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Radiology, Medical Centre ...

OBJECTIVES Increased resistance to stretch of muscles after stroke may be the result of centrally mediated neural factors such as spasticity or local, peripheral factors such as muscle contracture or ...

Objective To perform a systematic review of cases reported in the literature in which a peripheral trauma preceded the onset of a movement disorder (MD). Methods Two reviewers independently searched ...

5 Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy 6 Department of Opthalmology, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy Correspondence to: Dr Arturo Carta, ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the comparative reliability and validity of three simple ways of rating upper limb tremor in patients with multiple sclerosis. METHODS Three examiners independently rated ...

Objective To determine clinical manifestations, immunotherapy responsiveness and outcomes of glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (GAD65) neurological autoimmunity. Methods We identified 323 Mayo Clinic ...

Introduction Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease with protean manifestations. The aetiology is not fully understood. Infectious agents are considered to potentially contribute to its pathogenesis.