MDS Papers
Groups at MDS publish and release a variety of papers to advance the field of Movement Disorders.
Featured
Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews:
White paper: Research Priorities for Gait and Balance Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease (2022)
All MDS Papers
These papers represent the work of various MDS Task Forces, Committees, and Study Groups to address areas in the field of Movement Disorders. Their results and efforts further the clinical and scientific mission of the Society. They include position papers, critiques, and recommendations on rating scales, guidelines, and reports.
Breathe, Eat, Talk: Three Essential Ingredients to Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Movement Disorders
August 2026- Speech Disorders
- Speech Therapy
- Published paper
Apathy in Lewy Body Disorders: A Position Paper
August 2026- Lewy-body dementia (LBD)
- Neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Published paper
Levodopa and Melanoma: Practical Recommendations for Parkinson's Disease—International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Scientific Issues Committee Viewpoint
August 2026- Dopaminergic medications
- Risk Factors
- Published paper
Access to Parkinson's disease treatments in the Middle East: a multi-national survey of availability, affordability, and utilization patterns
July 2026- Published paper
Voice and Speech in Deep Brain Stimulation in Dystonia: A Retrospective Study, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis
June 2026- Deep brain stimulation
- Dystonia
- Sleep Disorders
- Published paper
Essential Genetic Testing in Movement Disorders – Results from a Delphi Study
May 2026- Genetics
- Published paper
Speech and Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
April 2026- Deep brain stimulation
- Tremor/Essential Tremor (ET)
- Published paper
MDS Global Survey on Work Environment, Career Advancement, and Work-Life Balance in Movement Disorders Professionals: Gender and Regional Patterns
April 2026- Published paper
Clinical Outcome Assessments for Functional Performance in Spastic Paresis: Systematic Review, Critique, and Recommendations
March 2026- Published paper
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Clinical Outcome Assessments are Available in REDCap
March 2026- Rating Scales
- Published paper
MDSGene Systematic Review of Common Forms of Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: Novel Insights
February 2026- Genetic & Hereditary Disorders
- Published paper
Update on Medical Treatments for Essential Tremor: An International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Evidence-Based Medicine Review
January 2026- Tremor/Essential Tremor (ET)
- Evidence-based medicine review
Perspective: Behind the science
Scaling clinical guidelines for a global audience
“... A guideline, to me, is dangerous because it doesn't put you in the context of the very patient you're dealing with. So we took a different strategy.”
Christopher Goetz, MD, shares why MDS moved away from traditional medical guidelines, and how the Society instead evaluates treatments with an adaptable methodology that can account for geographical and cultural differences across global contexts.