Muscle-targeted nutritional support for rehabilitation in patients with parkinsonian syndrome.
Michela BarichellaEmanuele CeredaGiovanna PinelliLaura IorioDiana CaroliIrene MasieroValentina FerriErica CassaniCarlotta BolliriSerena CaronniMarcello MaggioPaola OrtelliDavide FerrazzoliAntonios MarasGiulio RiboldazziGiuseppe FrazzittaGianni PezzoliPublished in: Neurology (2019)
This study provides Class I evidence that for patients with parkinsonism undergoing intensive rehabilitation, a whey protein-based nutritional formula enriched with leucine and vitamin D increased distance walked on the 6MWT.