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• In 20 is under the age of 40
• Increasing incidence occurring in people over the age 50 years
• The age of 65 years
• The male
• Parkinson's disease symptoms can be similar to other neurological conditions
• Lewy body disease

  A neurodegenerative disease
• Parkinson's


  A progressively worsening disorder of movement, seen mainly in the elderly but can occur in young individuals
• Idiopathic Parkinson's


  The most common form of Parkinson's
• We know the cause of idiopathic Parkinson's, which is why it's called idiopathic
• Parkinson's

  An umbrella term that describes many conditions which share some of the symptoms of Parkinson's
• Parkinson's symptoms

  • Feeling tired and weak
  • Poor hand coordination
  • Problems with handwriting
  • Sensation of tremor/shaking in the arm
• Tremor

  • More noticeable at rest, usually starts in the hands (pill-rolling movement in the fingers)
  • Tremor usually decreases when activity occurs
• Muscle rigidity

  • When you try to move a limb of a patient with Parkinson's, there will be resistance to the movement
• Hypokinesia

  • Decreased frequency in voluntary (consciously initiated) movements
  • Partly due to muscular rigidity
  • Also due to motor system inertia (the motor system has developed a resistance to move)
• Activity in Parkinson's patients

  1. Difficult to start

  2. Once started, difficult to stop or change direction
• Shuffling gait

  Patients move short paces, which require effort to begin, and once in progress hard to stop or change direction