Short-term quality of life after subthalamic stimulation depends on non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

Conclusions Our results provide evidence that QoL improvement after STN-DBS depends on preoperative NMS characteristics. These findings are important in the advising and selection of individuals for DBS therapy. Future studies investigating motor and non-motor PD clusters may enable stratifying QoL outcomes and help predict patients' individual prospects of benefiting from DBS.
Source: Brain Stimulation - Category: Neurology Source Type: research