Parkinson's Disease

Odor identification and progression of Parkinsonian signs in older persons

Odor identification and progression of Parkinsonian signs in older persons

Setting

The authors checked the hypothesis that adversity in recognizing odors, a widespread finding within Parkinson's disease , is affiliated with many fast progression of parkinsonian indications in 743 community-dwelling ageing persons without dementia or Parkinson's disease at study onset. Odor identification proficiency was considered at baseline with the 12-item Brief Smell Identification Test, and parkinsonism was considered every year for up towards 5 years with a changed type of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale.

  

Purpose

People within this study are from the ...