Quality of life after DBS STN in Parkinson's disease can be related to the stimulation amplitude

BALÁŽ, Marek, Martina BOČKOVÁ and Ivan REKTOR. Quality of life after DBS STN in Parkinson's disease can be related to the stimulation amplitude. In Supplement to Movement Disorders, Volume 25, Number 7, 2010. 2010. ISSN 0885-3185.

Basic information

• Original name: Quality of life after DBS STN in Parkinson's disease can be related to the stimulation amplitude
• Authors: BALÁŽ, Marek (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martina BOČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ivan REKTOR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Supplement to Movement Disorders, Volume 25, Number 7, 2010, 2010.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 4.480
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14110/10:00046772
• Organization unit: Faculty of Medicine
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• Keywords in English: Deep brain stimulation (DBS); Subthalamic nucleus (SIN); Non-motor symptoms; Quality of Life

Abstract

In certain subset of PD patients the increase of stimulation amplitude has a potential to improve some non-motor functions and thus have an additional effect on quality of life. The recording of QoL should be a routine part of assessments before and after the DBS STN surgery and can even aid during the parameter setting. It appears the parameter selection for some of the patients can be insufficient if based only on the purely motor assessment. In certain subset of PD patients the increase of stimulation amplitude has a potential to improve some non-motor functions and thus have an additional effect on quality of life. The recording of QoL should be a routine part of assessments before and after the DBS STN surgery and can even aid during the parameter setting. It appears the parameter selection for some of the patients can be insufficient if based only on the purely motor assessment.

Links

• MSM0021622404, plan (intention): Name: Vnitřní organizace a neurobiologické mechanismy funkčních systémů CNS

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, The internal organisation and neurobiological mechanisms of functional CNS systems under normal and pathological conditions.