ReviewNPJ Parkinson's disease2022
Gaps and roadmap of novel neuromodulation targets for treatment of gait in Parkinson's disease.
Review in NPJ Parkinson's disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of different types of deep brain stimulation on gait disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of home-based neurostimulation on outcomes after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of subthalamic deep brain stimulation programming strategies for gait disorders in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2024Pooled it
- Neuromodulatory Effects of Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Deep Brain Stimulation (SNr-DBS) in the 6-Hydroxydopamine Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Neuromodulation in Parkinson's disease with transcranial pulse stimulation: evidence of clinical efficacy and cortical oscillatory changes.Journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Patient, target, device, and program selection for DBS in Parkinson's disease: advancing toward precision care.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Review
- Modeling and optimizing deep brain stimulation to enhance gait in Parkinson's disease: personalized treatment with neurophysiological insights.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- Understanding Parkinson's disease: current trends and its multifaceted complications.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Review
- New Perspectives for Spinal Cord Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease-Associated Gait Impairment: A Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Clinical neurophysiology in the treatment of movement disorders: IFCN handbook chapter.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Review
- Wireless closed-loop deep brain stimulation using microelectrode array probes.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2024Review
- Advancements in Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Parkinson's Disease.Current stem cell research & therapy · 2024Review
- Direct localization and delineation of human pedunculopontine nucleus based on a self-supervised magnetic resonance image super-resolution method.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Why Does Tardive Dyskinesia Have Oro-facial Predominance? A Network Analysis.Brain topography · 2023Article
- Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: state of the art and future perspectives.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Gait issues in Parkinson's disease (PD) are common and can be highly disabling. Although levodopa and deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus and the globus pallidus internus have been established therapies for addressing the motor symptoms of PD, their effects on gait are less predictable and not well sustained with disease progression. Given the high prevalence of gait impairment in PD and the limitations in currently approved therapies, there has been considerable interest in alternative neuromodulation targets and techniques. These have included DBS of pedunculopontine nucleus and substantia nigra pars reticulata, spinal cord stimulation, non-invasive modulation of cortical regions and, more recently, vagus nerve stimulation. However, successes and failures have also emerged with these approaches. Current gaps and controversies are related to patient selection, optimal electrode placement within the target, placebo effects and the optimal programming parameters. Additionally, recent advances in pathophysiology of oscillation dynamics have driven new models of closed-loop DBS systems that may or may not be applicable to gait issues. Our aim is to describe approaches, especially neuromodulation procedures, and emerging challenges to address PD gait issues beyond subthalamic nucleus and the globus pallidus internus stimulation.
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