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2. Swiss-designed technology helps Parkinson's patient walk again

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   A long-term Parkinson's disease patient, Marc Gauthier had essentially been confined to his home until he became the first person to receive a new Swiss-designed implant that dramatically improved ...

3. Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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   Parkinson's disease ( PD ), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor system and non-motor systems. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease progresses, non-motor symptoms become more common. Usual symptoms are tremor, slowness of movement ...

4. New technology introduced to help Parkinson's patients walk

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   In a Parkinson's brain, it's different. There is a specific natural pathway in the brain that's getting damaged or disconnected." Sidney Collin is the start-up founder and biomedical engineer ...

5. Parkinsonian gait - Wikipedia

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   Parkinsonian gait (or festinating gait, from Latin festinare [to hurry]) is the type of gait exhibited by patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). [2] It is often described by people with Parkinson's as feeling like being stuck in place, when initiating a step or turning, and can increase the risk of falling. [3]

6. Management of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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   Management of Parkinson's disease. In the management of Parkinson's disease, due to the chronic nature of Parkinson's disease (PD), a broad-based program is needed that includes patient and family education, support-group services, general wellness maintenance, exercise, and nutrition. At present, no cure for the disease is known, but ...

7. History of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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   The history of Parkinson's disease expands from 1817, when British apothecary James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, to modern times. Before Parkinson's descriptions, others had already described features of the disease that would bear his name, while the 20th century greatly improved knowledge of the disease and its ...