Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: The effects of high frequency subthalamic stimulation on balance performance and fear of falling in patients with Parkinson's disease | BioMed Central Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Research The effects of high frequency subthalamic stimulation on balance performance and fear of falling in patients with Parkinson s disease Maria H Nilsson 1 2 Per-Anders Fransson3 Gun-Britt Jarnlo1 Mâns Magnusson3 and Stig Rehncrona2 Address Department of Health Sciences Division of Physiotherapy Lund University Lund Sweden 2Department of Neurosurgery Clinical Sciences Lund. Lund University Hospital Lund Sweden and 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck surgery Clinical Sciences Lund Sweden Email Maria H Nilsson - Per-Anders Fransson - Gun-Britt Jarnlo - Mâns Magnusson - Stig Rehncrona - Corresponding author Open Access Published 30 April 2009 Received 4 April 2008 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009 6 13 doi 1743-0003-6-13 Accepted 30 April 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 13 2009 Nilsson et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background Balance impairment is one of the most distressing symptoms in Parkinson s disease PD even with pharmacological treatment levodopa . A complementary treatment is high frequency stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus STN . Whether STN stimulation improves postural control is under debate. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of STN stimulation alone on balance performance as assessed with clinical performance tests subjective ratings of fear of falling and posturography. Methods Ten patients median
