Movement-Responsive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease Using a Remotely Optimized Neural Decoder

‘It’s music and love’: How San Diego NeuroDance uses movement for neurorehabilitation

A neurological disease diagnosis starts with a spark of fear and spreads like a wildfire, transforming the landscape of life. Those afflicted with conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) scramble for cures or interventions to stop the progression. Clinicians strategize. Caregivers struggle with the stress of sharing the suffering of loved ones. Lexii Regina Alcaraz realized that her…

Movement-responsive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease using a remotely optimized neural decoder

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has garnered widespread use as an effective treatment for advanced Parkinson’s disease. Conventional DBS (cDBS) provides electrical stimulation to the basal ganglia at fixed amplitude and frequency, yet patients’ therapeutic needs are often dynamic with residual symptom fluctuations or side effects. Adaptive DBS (aDBS) is an emerging technology that modulates stimulation with respect to real-time clinical, physiologi…

Physical Activity Boosts Motor Function in Parkinson’s

In the relentless battle against Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized primarily by motor dysfunction, emerging research is shedding light on novel approaches that may hold the key to preserving motor abilities in patients. A pioneering pilot study conducted by Asendorf, Guerra, Dzialas, and colleagues, recently published in npj Parkinson’s Disease, proposes a captivating link between physical activity and the brain’s n…

Reviewing Evidence-Based Rehabilitation for Voice and Movement in Parkinson Disease Care

Cynthia Fox, PhD, CCC-SLP, CEO and co-founder of LSVT Global, discussed the evolution of rehabilitative therapies in PD and stressed early referrals for speech, physical, and occupational therapy.