Parkinson's disease prevalence, age distribution and staging in Colombia.

Parkinson's disease (PD) has the second highest prevalence among neurodege - nerative diseases. In Colombia, PD population dynamics are currently unknown. Health records offer a unique resource to study frequency and multi-morbidity of chronic diseases.

Saturdays-in-Motion: Education and Empowerment through an Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Parkinson's Disease in Cali-Colombia.

Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent age-related neurodegenerative disorders. The progression of PD produces an important disease burden in patients due to functional impairment, which also has repercussions on caregivers. In addition, it has become a challenge for health systems, especially in developing countries, which have limited resources.

Direct cost of Parkinson's disease in a health system with high judicialization: evidence from Colombia.

: To estimate all-claims-all-conditions expenditures paid for by health plans for patients suffering from Parkinson´s disease (PD). : Using administrative claims data from two health maintenance organizations for 2014 and 2015 in Colombia, we identified 2,917 patients with PD by applying an algorithm that uses International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System codes. Descriptive statistics were applied to compute unadjusted all-cause median costs.

Age Matters: Objective Gait Assessment in Early Parkinson's Disease Using an RGB-D Camera.

Background: Gait alterations are hallmarks for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). In normal conditions, age could affect gait dynamics. Although it is known that objective assessment of gait is a valuable tool for diagnosis and follow-up of patients with PD, only few studies evaluate the effect of aging on the gait pattern of patients with PD.

Objective Arm Swing Analysis in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease Using an RGB-D Camera (Kinect®).

Background: Arm swing changes are common even in the early stages of Parkinson's disease (PD). We hypothesized that arm swing changes decrease with age and can be detected using a low-cost, RGB-D depth-sensing camera.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the differences in arm swing between PD patients and healthy participants and to investigate the possible effects of aging on these differences.

Complete Resolution of Symptoms of Primary Orthostatic Tremor with Perampanel.

Background: Primary orthostatic tremor (POT) is an infrequent disorder whose physiopathology is unknown. Current medication is largely ineffective or only offers mild benefits.

Case Report: A 75-year-old female with refractory POT treated with 4 mg/day of perampanel achieved complete symptom resolution.

Anti-Yo-Associated Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration Manifesting as Acute Cerebellitis with Posterior Cranial Fossa Hypertension.

Background: Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a rare complication of some malignant cancers. It is most commonly described in women with gynecologic or breast malignancies; however, there have been reports in other types of cancers. Symptoms include ataxia, dysarthria, and tremors, which could be the first manifestations of an underlying malignancy.

Pontine Warning Syndrome: A Chameleon of Ischemic Stroke.

Introduction: Crescendo transient ischemic attacks or "Stroke Warning Syndromes" consist of stereotyped frequent short-lasting episodes of focal neurological deficits. This is explained by intermittent hypoperfusion of the vascular territory of terminal arteries with insufficient collateral flow, presenting a high risk for subsequent infarction. Pontine warning syndrome (PWS) is a subtype of this atypical presentation of stroke/transient ischemic attack and is considered a challenge for diagnosis.

A reliability assessment software using Kinect to complement the clinical evaluation of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease is characterized by alterations in the gait pattern that may increase the risk of falls. Variations in the gait pattern cannot be objectively measured in clinical examination, so it is necessary to adapt devices to measure objectively, valid and replicable changes in gait patterns that are part of the evolution of the disease and / or pharmacotherapy. In an interdisciplinary effort, we developed the "e-Motion Capture System" software, which is able to calculate motor (cadence, stride and step length) and spatiotemporal (velocity and acceleration) parameters that affect quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease.

[Delayed diagnosis of juvenile Huntington's diseases: case report].

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disease that is clinically manifested as mood and personality changes, loss of cognitive functions and choreiform movements. The pattern of inheritance is autosomic dominant. It is due to the gradual expansion of a cytosine, adenine, guanine trinucleotide in a gene that codifies the protein Huntington.

Successful treatment of hemifacial myokymia and dystonia associated to linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" with repeated botox injections.

Linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" (LSCS) is a form of localized scleroderma presents as band-like sclerotic lesions of the frontoparietal area. It has been reported in association with diverse neurological manifestations like seizures, migraine, neuromyotonia, dystonia and abnormalities in MRI and CT studies as cerebral atrophy, white matter lesions, intraparenchymal calcification, meningeocortical alterations, and skull atrophy. We describe a patient with LSCS associated with two abnormal movements: permanent myokimia of right masseter muscle and recurrent spasmodic retraction of right cigomatic and depressor labii inferioris muscles.