ANTONINI , Angelo

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the feasibility of a hydrotherapy treatment in patients with Parkinson's disease and the effectiveness of this treatment on balance parameters in comparison to a traditional landbased physical therapy. Design: A randomized single-blind controlled trial. Setting: Outpatients. Subjects: Thirty-four patients with...

To assess over a period of 9 months in a sample of Italian Parkinson's disease (PD) patients reasons leading the neurologist to modify dopaminergic treatment and patients' causes of dissatisfaction with ongoing therapy. To evaluate the influence of disease severity on therapy persistence. A disease severity balanced sample of PD patients with...

Background. The early detection of wearing-off in Parkinson disease (DEEP) observational study demonstrated that women with Parkinson's disease (PD) carry an increased risk (80.1%) for wearing-off (WO). This post hoc analysis of DEEP study evaluates gender differences on WO and associated phenomena. Methods. Patients on dopaminergic treatment...

Impulse control disorders and dyskinesia are common and disabling complications of dopaminergic treatment in Parkinson's disease. They may coexist and are possibly related. The objectives of this study were to assess the frequency and severity of impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease patients with dyskinesia.

Introduction: We explored regional brain atrophy patterns and their clinical correlates in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Methods: In this multicentre study, we included a total of 333 patients with DLB, 352 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 233 normal controls and used medial temporal lobe atrophy, posterior atrophy, and frontal...