Publications by authors named "H Stockner"
Background: Preferences for risk disclosure in population-based studies assessing Parkinson's disease (PD) risk have not been assessed so far.
Objectives: To examine preferences for risk disclosure in a subset of the European Healthy Brain Aging (HeBA) multicenter study.
Methods: After a remote PD risk assessment, a structured pilot-questionnaire on risk disclosure was first presented to participants (≥50 years, without neurodegenerative diseases) during in-person visits at the Innsbruck study site.
Article Synopsis
- - Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a severe disease with varying motor and autonomic symptoms, and previous studies have linked certain clinical factors to reduced survival rates.
- - Researchers analyzed 210 MSA patients over 17 years to create a survival risk model using clinical factors like age at symptom onset and early autonomic failure.
- - They developed a nomogram to predict individual survival probabilities over 7 years, which showed good accuracy and could enhance patient counseling and treatment strategies.
Background And Purpose: Different algorithms aiming to identify individuals at risk of Parkinson disease (PD) have been proposed. Comparative studies of these scores and their recent updates in the general elder population are needed.
Methods: We have previously applied the "basic" PREDICT-PD algorithm, designed for remote screening, and the original and updated Movement Disorder Society (MDS) criteria for prodromal PD to the longitudinal population-based Bruneck study cohort.
Article Synopsis
- Study Background
- : The research focuses on a six-generation family from North Bavaria with confirmed cases of multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson's disease (PD), contrasting the commonly held belief that MSA is a sporadic disorder.
- Findings
- : Neuropathological examinations revealed that the index case had cerebellar variant MSA, while a cousin exhibited both Lewy body disease and tau pathology, supporting the idea of a hereditary link to parkinsonism.
- Genetic Analysis
- : Despite thorough genetic testing, no known hereditary causes for their conditions were found, suggesting the possibility of undiscovered genetic factors contributing to the neurodegenerative disease cluster observed in the family.
Background: Recurrent falls represent a major source of serious adverse health outcomes in the general older population. Gait impairment has been linked to recurrent falls, but there are only limited long-term data on this association.
Objectives: The objective of the study was to investigate the association of gait disorders (GDs) and gait tests with future falls in an existing longitudinal population-based cohort.