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Volume 08
Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
Parkinsons Congress 2018
May 14-15, 2018
May 14-15, 2018 Singapore
4
th
Global Experts Meeting on
Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders
Rehabilitation outcomes with deep drain stimulator in a patient with lubag disease: A case study
Deborah Symons
Queensland Health, Australia
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ubag disease, an X-linked dystonic parkinsonism is a rapidly progressive and disabling neurodegenerative disease affecting
mainly male Filipinos with origins from Panay Island. Deep brain stimulators have been used with promising results
in parkinson’s disease. After failed medical management, a deep brain stimulator was inserted for pain management and
symptom control in a patient with advanced lubag disease. Once medically stable from the operative procedure, the patient was
transferred to an intensive inpatient rehabilitation program including physiotherapy, occupational therapy upper limb therapy
and speech pathology with swallow rehabilitation. Functional independence measure scores were assessed on admission to
the rehabilitation unit and on discharge. There were extensive improvements in functional outcomes after intensive inpatient
rehabilitation.
Biography
Deborah Symons is currently working as Consultant Neurologist at Queensland Health in Australia.
d2_jensen@hotmail.comDeborah Symons, J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C2-039