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27th
April 2013 - New research
HEAD INJURY AND THE RISK OF� PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Movement Disorders [2013] Apr 22 [Epub ahead of print] (S.Jafari, M.Etminan,
F.Aminzadeh, A.Samii)�
Complete abstract
Head trauma has long been implicated as one of the causes of Parkinson's Disease. Researchers
recently assessed people with Parkinson's Disease who had head trauma so serious
that it had led to
concussion. They conducted a sensitivity analysis to assess the influence of
each study. After reviewing more than 636 article titles, 34 articles were selected
for full review. In total, 22 studies were included in the assessment.
The
association of Parkinson's Disease and head trauma was 1.57 (1.35-1.83), meaning
that head trauma causing concussion makes Parkinson's Disease more than one
and half times more likely. So although head trauma makes Parkinson's Disease
more likely it is not inevitable. Further analysis of the results might have
shown that very severe head injury or certain types of head injury were largely
responsible for the increased likelihood of Parkinson's Disease following head
trauma.
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