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MDS Allied Health Professional Summer School: Physiotherapy for People with Parkinson's July 4-6, 2013 Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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European Summer School for Young Neurologists July 26-28, 2013 London, United Kingdom |
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Evidence-Based Medicine: Update on Treatments for Parkinson's Disease February 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
The Parkinson and Movement Disorders (PMD) Course uses slide sets, videos, and syllabi to provide an overview of movement disorders and outline a clinical approach to the evaluation and management of common movement disorders.
Topics covered include:
- Basal ganglia anatomy and physiology
- Phenomenology of Movement Disorders
- Etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
- Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
- Management of early Parkinson's disease
- Management of Advanced Parkinson's disease
- Tremor
- Dystonias
- Chorea, athetosis and ballism
- Myoclonus
- Gait disorders
- Restless legs syndrome and movement disorders in sleep
- Management of MSA, PSP, and CBGD
- Tics and Tourette Syndrome
- Drug-Induced Parkinsonism (DIP)
- Psychogenic Movement Disorders
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