ABSTRACT

This books’ coverage ranges from incidence, diagnosis, investigation, drug treatments, non-motor features of Parkinson’s Disease, assessment scales and surgical intervention, to the role of nurses, physio– and occupational therapists, speech/language pathologists, dieticians, and to the use of complementary medicine.

chapter |2 pages

Contents

chapter |1 pages

Contributors

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|16 pages

Parkinson’s disease facts and figures

chapter 3|14 pages

Diagnostic testing and neuroimaging

chapter 4|10 pages

Drug treatment of Parkinson’s disease

chapter 5|20 pages

Nonmotor features of Parkinson’s disease

chapter 6|26 pages

Motor and nonmotor assessment scales

chapter 7|10 pages

Surgical therapy for Parkinson’s disease

chapter 11|8 pages

Malnutrition and related disorders