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Case Reports
. 2024 Sep;11(9):1166-1168.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.14137. Epub 2024 Jun 15.

Effects of Trans-Spinal Magnetic Stimulation on DBS' Induced Freezing of Gait in a Patient with Generalized Dystonia

Glaucia Aline Nunes  1 , Rafael Bernhart Carra  1 , Clarice Listik  1 , Sheilla Machado  1 , Juliana da Silva Simões  1 , Augusto Coelho Rocha  1 , Janaína Reis Menezes  1 , Egberto Reis Barbosa  1 , Rubens Gisbert Cury  1   2
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Effects of Trans-Spinal Magnetic Stimulation on DBS' Induced Freezing of Gait in a Patient with Generalized Dystonia

Glaucia Aline Nunes et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Freezing of Gait; Parkinson's Disease/Parkinsonism; Spinal Cord Stimulation.

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(A) Timed up and go test, (B) new freezing of gait Questionnaire (nFOG), and (C) Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Part 2 items 12 (gait) and 13 (freezing of gait) before stimulation, 1 week after stimulation and 4 weeks after stimulation for sham and active phases. (C) 1 week after stimulation and 4 weeks after stimulation for the sham and active phases. (D) FoG Score and UPDRS part III (motor evaluation) before and immediately after stimulation.
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