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Impact of orthostatic hypotension on wheelchair use in patients with Parkinson’s disease

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Wheelchair use is an important indicator of disease progression in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Here, we investigated whether orthostatic hypotension (OH) affects the time to wheelchair use. We examined 33 PD patients with OH and 95 without OH. Median time to start using a wheelchair calculated from the time of disease onset was significantly shorter in patients with OH than in those without OH (12.0 vs 19.0 years; p < 0.001). Thus, appropriate management of OH and motor function is necessary.

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This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI Grant no. 16K09713) and a grant from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan.

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Correspondence to Tomohiko Nakamura or Masahisa Katsuno.

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Nakamura, T., Suzuki, M., Ueda, M. et al. Impact of orthostatic hypotension on wheelchair use in patients with Parkinson’s disease. J Neural Transm 127, 379–383 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-019-02127-4

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Keywords

  • Orthostatic hypotension
  • Dysautonomia
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Wheelchair
  • Progression