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Rating L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesias in the Unilaterally 6-OHDA-Lesioned Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease
Published on: October 4, 2021
Unawareness of dyskinesias in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases
C Vitale1, M T Pellecchia, D Grossi
1Department of Neurological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Abstract:
We performed a clinical study to evaluate the unawareness of dyskinesias in patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) and Huntington's disease (HD). Thirteen PD patients with levodopa-induced dyskinesias and 9 HD patients were enrolled. Patients were asked to evaluate the presence of dyskinesias while performing specific motor tasks. The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) and Goetz dyskinesia rating scale were administered to determine the severity of dyskinesias. The Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) and Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS) were used in PD and HD patients, respectively. In PD we found a significant negative relationship between unawareness score at standing and AIMS score and between unawareness score at hand pronation-supination and AIMS score for upper limbs. In HD we found a significant positive relationship between total unawareness score and UHDRS score and between total unawareness score and disease duration. In PD the unawareness seems to be inversely related with severity of dyskinesias, while in HD it is directly related to disease duration and severity.
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