[Care of patients with Parkinson's disease in Germany: status quo and perspectives as reflected in the digital transition].

As a chronic neurodegenerative disease, Parkinson's disease requires a close cooperation between different specialist disciplines in order to ensure the best possible quality of life for patients. A problem that has been identified is the inadequate communication between the protagonists (e.g.

Postoperative rehabilitation after deep brain stimulation surgery for movement disorders.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a highly efficient, evidence-based therapy for a set of neurological and psychiatric conditions and especially movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia. Recent developments have improved the DBS technology. However, no unequivocal algorithms for an optimized postoperative care exist so far.