Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson’s disease)

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

The Role of Rehabilitation in Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (995241)

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

12:35 PM – 1:50 PM ET

Presenter(s)

Michele K. York, PhD, ABPP-CN, FACRM

Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, and Neuropsychology Section Head
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

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Mark A. Hirsch, PhD, FACRM

Senior Scientist; Director Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Lab
Carolinas Rehabilitation/Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina

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Jennifer G. Goldman, MD, MS

Section Chief, Parkinson's and Movement Disorders; Professor, Depts of PM&R and Neurology
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Presentation Slides

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an efficacious neurosurgical procedure that uses implanted electrodes and electrical stimulation to treat the motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease, among other movement disorders. Post-operative treatment often involves a multidisciplinary team of experts, including neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, physical therapists, psychiatrists, and social workers. Although the benefit in motor symptoms following DBS has been well-established, these motor improvements do not always correlate with meaningful functional improvement of patients. DBS patients may require integrated, multidisciplinary postoperative care for their physical, cognitive/communication and behavioral/emotional functioning to achieve optimal improvements in quality of life.

Learning Objectives:

become familiar with the role of exercise as a physiologic tool for potential disease-modification with deep brain stimulation in human Parkinson disease.
describe the effects of DBS on cognition and speech in PD.
discuss how DBS may affect psychiatric symptoms, including mood disorders and impulse control behaviors, as well as quality of life in people with PD.