"Parkinson's results beyond researchers' wildest dreams"

[Zardoz]

bbc.com/news/health-47803496

Encouraging development from Canada. Looks like it's for advanced cases.

[GymBag]

This guy is not some quack or young Doctor looking for patients or some small University or vulture clinic. This clinic /research team / University /professor are award winning world class with experience and money and facility to do best in class research.

By the sounds of it they are onto something very big that has totally caught them surprised in how well it works.

Very interesting

Thanks

[beauxreflets in reply to GymBag]

For many years now I have considered that spinal injury plays a part in the onset of PD and advocated the importance of exercises towards decompressing the spine. The exercises that help me are published here sites.google.com/site/beaux...

[beauxreflets]

I do not consider it is for advanced cases. Consider the fast walking results advocated by John Pepper. Stimulating the lower spine correctly on a case by case basis could be the complete answer to our prayers.

[park_bear]

PD attacks everywhere so it makes sense it would affect the spinal cord:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

"Results: Spinal cord stimulation setting combinations of 300‐400 μs/30‐130 Hz provided gait improvements. Although on‐medication/on‐stimulation at 6 months, mean step length, stride velocity, and sit‐to‐stand improved by 38.8%, 42.3%, and 50.3%, respectively, mean UPDRS, Freezing of Gait Questionnaire, and activities‐specific balance confidence scale scores improved by 33.5%, 26.8%, and 71.4%, respectively. The mean number of freezing‐of‐gait episodes reduced significantly from 16 presurgery to 0 at 6 months while patients were on levodopa and off stimulation."

PD specialist Dr. Mandar Jog with 30 years' experience -

Parkinson's Conference November 11, 2017 - general review:

"There is nothing better than levodopa"

Go to minute 45 for discussion of spinal cord simulation

youtube.com/watch?v=6NLF2uN...(Not working as expected?)

[WinnieThePoo]

Yet more information regarding promising research for a better future for all of us with PD. Tomorrow promises to be better than today. A cure would be perfect, but a better tomorrow is a source of comfort