Musculoskeletal deformities and fractures in Parkinson’s disease

Postural deformities in Parkinson's disease.

Postural deformities are frequent and disabling complications of Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism. These deformities include camptocormia, antecollis, Pisa syndrome, and scoliosis. Recognition of specific postural syndromes might have differential diagnostic value in patients presenting with parkinsonism. The evidence to date suggests that postural deformities have a multifact...

Hand deformities in rheumatoid disease.

This is a study of hand deformities in rheumatoid disease: their incidence, their causes, and their effects on function. Three hundred patients with this disease have been examined. There can be no doubt of the importance of hand deformities to the rheumatoid patient, nor of the importance of preventing hand deformities when treating this disease. Consequently it is surprising to find that ther...

Understanding of skeletal deformities in Parkinson's disease

Association of New Coronavirus Disease With Fragility Hip and Lower Limb Fractures in Elderly Patients

The novel coronavirus-induced infection (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization onMarch 11, 2020. Iran is one of the countries with a high incidence of COVID-19 infection.Data on three patients with fragility hip fracture and COVID-19 infection were collected from one hospital located inBadrud, Isfahan, Iran, from March 1, 2010, to March 30, 2020. A...

Genetic anticipation and musculoskeletal disease.

In 1985, Strom et al described two families in which rheumatoid arthritis (RA) appeared in several members over three consecutive generations.' Although these pedigrees taken alone could implicate dominant inheritance, the overall picture with RA pedigrees indicates a complex mode of inheritance, with incomplete penetrance of predisposing genes and probably several genes being involved in the d...