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Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients commonly present with severe or intractable pain, which some patients find more distressing than the motor disability [1]. Furthermore, PD-related pain can present in a variety of types (Fig. 11.1) and, in up to a quarter of patients, chronic pain precedes the onset of motor symptoms or the start of anti-parkinsonian treatment. However, despite being almost ubiquitous, pain in PD patients often remains poorly managed. In one study, 83 % of PD patients reported pain, but only 34 % received analgesics [2].

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Chaudhuri, K.R. (2011). Other Symptoms. In: Handbook of Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease. Springer Healthcare, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-908517-60-9_11

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