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Bastiaan R. Bloem

Professor of movement disorders neurology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Verified email at radboudumc.nl
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Falls and freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: a review of two interconnected, episodic phenomena

BR Bloem, JM Hausdorff, JE Visser… - … : official journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Falls and freezing of gait are two “episodic” phenomena that are common in Parkinson's
disease. Both symptoms are often incapacitating for affected patients, as the associated …

Prospective assessment of falls in Parkinson's disease

BR Bloem, YAM Grimbergen, M Cramer… - Journal of …, 2001 - Springer
We studied prospectively the epidemiology, clinical impact and prediction of falls in 59
moderately affected patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) (mean UPDRS motor score 31.5; …

The Parkinson pandemic—a call to action

ER Dorsey, BR Bloem - JAMA neurology, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Pandemics are usually equated with infectious diseases such as Zika, influenza, and HIV.
However, an imminent noninfectious pandemic, Parkinson disease (PD), requires immediate …

Gender differences in Parkinson's disease

CA Haaxma, BR Bloem, GF Borm… - Journal of Neurology …, 2007 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate gender differences in basic disease characteristics, motor deterioration
and nigrostriatal degeneration in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: We studied 253 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Parkinson's disease: hidden sorrows and emerging opportunities

RC Helmich, BR Bloem - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the past few months, the world seems to have come to a virtual standstill. As the SARS-CoV-2
virus continues to spread across the globe, many countries have taken drastic measures …

Parkinson's disease

BR Bloem, MS Okun, C Klein - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Parkinson's disease is a recognisable clinical syndrome with a range of causes and clinical
presentations. Parkinson's disease represents a fast-growing neurodegenerative condition; …

MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

…, T Gasser, B Dubois, P Chan, BR Bloem… - Movement …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This document presents the Movement Disorder Society Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for
Parkinson's disease (PD). The Movement Disorder Society PD Criteria are intended for use in …

MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

D Berg, RB Postuma, CH Adler, BR Bloem… - Movement …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes research criteria and probability methodology for the diagnosis of
prodromal PD. Prodromal disease refers to the stage wherein early symptoms or signs of PD …

Technology in Parkinson's disease: challenges and opportunities

…, G Mitsi, L Krinke, JM Hausdorff, BR Bloem… - Movement …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The miniaturization, sophistication, proliferation, and accessibility of technologies are enabling
the capture of more and previously inaccessible phenomena in Parkinson's disease (PD). …

Freezing of gait: moving forward on a mysterious clinical phenomenon

JG Nutt, BR Bloem, N Giladi, M Hallett… - The Lancet …, 2011 - thelancet.com
Freezing of gait (FoG) is a unique and disabling clinical phenomenon characterised by brief
episodes of inability to step or by extremely short steps that typically occur on initiating gait …