Parkinson's disease patients who experience freezing of gait (a sudden inability to initiate or continue movement, often resulting in a fall) wake up several times during the night, feel sleepy during ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. — John Dunphy's life consists of a lot of pills. "This is the most important one, it helps me," he said. He needs the meds for the disorder he lives with: Parkinson's. His hands ...

Patients with PD and FOG generally exhibited increased symptoms of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (n=9 studies), daytime sleepiness (n=4 studies), and sleep disturbances (n=4 studies).

NICE, France — Both Parkinson's patients who have freezing of gait, known as "freezers," and those who do not, "non-freezers," benefit from multimodal balance training (MBT) with rhythmic cues, a new ...