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Freezing of gait associated with a corpus callosum lesion
Marian L Dale1, Martina Mancini2, Carolin Curtze2
1Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Road, 97239 Portland, OR USA ; VA Portland Health Care System, Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center, P3-PADRECC, PO Box 1034, 97207 Portland, OR USA.
Abstract:
Freezing of gait (FoG) is a debilitating feature of Parkinson's disease and other parkinsonian disorders. This case demonstrates a variant of freezing of gait in a non-parkinsonian patient with a lesion of the anterior corpus callosum. The freezing improved with increased upper extremity sensory input, suggesting that compensatory circuits for use of somatosensory inputs from the arms to postural and locomotor centers were intact.

