EBM Reviews and Task Force Position Papers in Movement Disorders
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Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews

Evidence-Based Medical Review Update: Pharmacological and Surgical Treatments of Parkinson's Disease: 2001 to 2004

Management of Parkinson's Disease: An Evidence-Based Review

Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Review and Implications for Clinical Practice

  • Supplementary Material: 1 |2 |3 |4

 

Task Force Papers: Rating Scale Critiques

Anxiety

Anxiety Rating Scales in Parkinson's Disease: Critique and Recommendations

Apathy

Apathy and Anhedonia Rating Scales in Parkinson's Disease: Critique and Recommendations

Depression

Depression Rating Scales in Parkinson's Disease: Critique and Recommendations

Dysautonomia

The Movement Disorders Task Force Review of Dysautonomia Rating Scales in Parkinson’s Disease with Regard to Symptoms
of Orthostatic Hypotension

Dysautonomia Rating Scales in Parkinson's Disease: Sialorrhea, Dysphagia, and Constipation: Critique and Recommendations

  • Supplementary Material: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Dyskinesia

Task Force Report on Scales to Assess Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease: Critique and Recommendations

Fatigue

Fatigue Rating Scales Critique and Recommendations by the Task Force on Rating Scales for PD

Hoehn and Yahr

Movement Disorder Society Task Force Report on the Hoehn and Yahr Staging Scale: Status and Recommendations

MDS-UPDRS

Movement Disorder Society-Sponsored Revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Process, Format and Clinimetric Testing Plan

Movement Disorder Society-Sponsored Revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Scale Presentation and Clinimetric Testing Results

Psychosis

Scales to Assess Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease: Critique and Recommendations

UPDRS

The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS): Status and Recommendations


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Diagnosis and Diagnostic Criteria

Dementia

Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Dementia Associated with Parkinson's Disease

Diagnostic Procedures for Parkinson's Disease Dementia: Recommendations

Inherited Movement Disorders

Molecular Diagnosis of Inherited Movement Disorders

Parkinsonism

SIC Task Force Appraisal of Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Parkinsonian Disorders
 

Surgical Issues

Scientific Position Paper of MDS - Evaluation of Surgery for Parkinson's Disease