Short-Term Motor Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease after Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Combined with Post-Operative Rehabilitation: A Pre-Post Comparison Study.
Kazunori SatoYoshihide HokariEriko KitaharaNana IzawaKozo HatoriKaoru HonagaGenko OyamaTaku HatanoHirokazu IwamuroAtsushi UmemuraYasushi ShimoNobutaka HattoriToshiyuki FujiwaraPublished in: Parkinson's disease (2022)
Postoperative rehabilitation combined with STN-DBS may provide short-term improvements in physical function compared with the preoperative medicated status. The improvements in gait step length and trunk function may be important factors for obtaining improvement of postoperative postural stability.