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Adjunctive Therapies in Parkinson’s Disease: Diet, Physical Therapy, and Networking

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Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders

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Pharmacologic and surgical advances in recent decades have resulted in increasingly successful symptom relief for persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Diet management and physical therapies as well as psychologic and social support continue to have important complementary roles in the optimal management of the patient with PD. In this chapter, the principles and practice of these aspects of care are addressed.

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  1. Padraig E. O’Suilleabhain MB
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Parkinson’s Disease and Movement, Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

    Charles H. Adler MD, PhD (Consultant and Co-Director, Associate Professor of Neurology) (Consultant and Co-Director, Associate Professor of Neurology)

  2. Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA

    Charles H. Adler MD, PhD (Consultant and Co-Director, Associate Professor of Neurology) & J. Eric Ahlskog PhD, MD (Chair, Consultant, Professor of Neurology) (Consultant and Co-Director, Associate Professor of Neurology) &  (Chair, Consultant, Professor of Neurology)

  3. Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA

    J. Eric Ahlskog PhD, MD (Chair, Consultant, Professor of Neurology) (Chair, Consultant, Professor of Neurology)

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O’Suilleabhain, P.E., Murphy, S.M. (2000). Adjunctive Therapies in Parkinson’s Disease: Diet, Physical Therapy, and Networking. In: Adler, C.H., Ahlskog, J.E. (eds) Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-410-8_14

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  • Publisher Name: Humana Press, Totowa, NJ

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