Relationship between pain and motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.

Giovanni DefazioA AntoniniM TinazziA F GiganteS PietracupaR PellicciariM BloiseR BacchinA MarcanteG FabbriniA Berardelli

Published in: European journal of neurology (2017)

We confirm that pain in PD is more frequent in women and in subjects with medical conditions predisposing to painful symptoms. Moreover, this strengthens the association between pain and motor severity measures and NMS domains, particularly sleep and mood disturbances.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
sleep quality
bipolar disorder
type diabetes
polycystic ovary syndrome
pregnant women
spinal cord
cervical cancer screening