Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 675-681 , 5 November 2009

The role of rehabilitation in deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson's disease: A pilot study

  • Cristina Tassorelli

      Affiliations

    • Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 (0)382 380425; fax: +39 (0)382 380448.
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  • Simona Buscone

      Affiliations

    • Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    • ,
  • Giorgio Sandrini

      Affiliations

    • Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    • ,
  • Claudio Pacchetti

      Affiliations

    • Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Unit, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, Pavia, Italy
    • ,
  • Anna Furnari

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy
    • ,
  • Roberta Zangaglia

      Affiliations

    • Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Unit, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, Pavia, Italy
    • ,
  • Michelangelo Bartolo

      Affiliations

    • Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Nappi

      Affiliations

    • Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    • Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Unit, Interdepartmental Centre of Research on Parkinson's Disease (ICRPD), IRCCS “C. Mondino Institute of Neurology” Foundation, Pavia, Italy
    • University “La Sapienza”, Chair of Neurology, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Emilia Martignoni

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Neurorehabilitation and Movement Disorders, IRCCS S. Maugeri Foundation, Scientific Institute of Veruno, Italy
    • Department of Medical Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Received 22 February 2008 ,Revised 1 March 2009 ,Accepted 25 March 2009.

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PII: S1353-8020(09)00081-9

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.03.006

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 675-681 , 5 November 2009

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