Characterizing Camptocormia in Parkinson's Disease Using Muscle Ultrasonography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Camptocormia (CC) is the forward-bending of the spine of more than 30 degrees that can be found in Parkinson's disease (PD) as a disabling complication. Detection of changes in paraspinal lumbar musculature in CC is of value for choosing treatment strategies.

Objective

To investigate whether these changes can be detected using muscle ultrasonography (mUSG).

Methods

Age and sex-matched groups comprised 17 PD patients with CC (seven acute, PD-aCC; 10 chronic PD-cCC), 19 PD patients with no CC, and 18 healthy controls (HC). Lumbar paravertebral muscles (LPM) on both sides were assessed using mUSG by two different raters blinded to the group assignment. Groups were compared with regard to the linear measurements of the muscle thickness as well as semi-quantitat

SUBMITTER: Yilmaz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473098 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature