Multidisciplinary Care in Parkinson's Disease.

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Multidisciplinary Care in Parkinson's Disease.

Int Rev Neurobiol. 2017;132:511-523

Authors: Qamar MA, Harington G, Trump S, Johnson J, Roberts F, Frost E

Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is now known to be a multisystemic and multipeptide neurodegenerative disorder, whereby patients have an array of symptoms both motor and nonmotor. Nonmotor features of PD have been shown to arise almost 15-20 years prior to motor symptoms and, as such, are also a key determinant to the quality of life of a patient. Therefore, there is increasing evidence that a PD patient's management must encompass a multidisciplinary approach to effectively manage and treat the patient's PD and also their individual symptoms. Therefore, the notion that a PD nurse specialist and a neurologist are the only key players, is no longer the case. Rather, the involvement of speech and language therapist, physiotherapists, palliative care, and others is vital for a patient's recovery and their effective management. Here we discuss a few professions who should ideally be present for each PD patient.

PMID: 28554420 [PubMed - in process]

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