Parkinson Anxiety Scale: A Validation Study for the Brazilian Population.

Objective: The Parkinson Anxiety Scale (PAS) was developed to measure the severity of anxiety symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and it has not yet been adapted and validated in Portuguese. Thus, this study evaluated the reliability and validity of a translated and adapted version of the PAS for the Brazilian population of PD patients.

Methods: The Parkinson Anxiety Scale - Brazilian Version (PAS-BV) was completed by 55 patients with PD.

Resistance training reduces depressive symptoms in elderly people with Parkinson disease: A controlled randomized study.

Background: Depression affects up to 40% of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Purpose: To assess resistance training effects on the depressive symptoms of elderly PD patients.

Study Design: A randomized control study.

The effect of resistance training on the anxiety symptoms and quality of life in elderly people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To assess the effects of resistance training on the anxiety symptoms and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Methods: Thirty-five elderly patients were randomly divided into two groups: 17 patients in the control group and 18 in the intervention group. All patients maintained standard pharmacological treatment for Parkinson's disease, but the intervention group participated in a 24-week resistance training program.

Does the Polymorphism in the Length of the Polyalanine Tract of Gene Influence the Risk of Thyroid Dysgenesis Occurrence?

Recent data have suggested that polymorphisms in the length of the polyalanine tract (polyA) of gene may act as a susceptibility factor for thyroid dysgenesis. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of polyA of gene on the risk of thyroid dysgenesis. A case-control study was conducted in a sample of 90 Brazilian patients with thyroid dysgenesis and 131 controls without family history of thyroid disease.