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6th November 2013 - New research THE CAUSES OF FALLS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska [2013] 47 (5) : 423-430 (Rudzinska M, Bukowczan S, Stozek J, Zajdel K, Mirek E, Chwala W, Wójcik-Pedziwiatr M, Banaszkiewicz K, Szczudlik A.) Complete abstract Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska [2013] 47 (5) : 431-437 (Rudzinska M, Bukowczan S, Stozek J, Zajdel K, Mirek E, Chwala W, Wójcik-Pedziwiatr M, Banaszkiewicz K, Szczudlik A.) Complete abstract People with Parkinson's Disease suffer falls more frequently than most other people. Over the year falls occurred in 54% of people with Parkinson's Disease. Around 20% of people with Parkinson's Disease fell frequently. This occurred more commonly with age.
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of causes of falls revealed that sudden falls were the most common (31%),
followed by episodes of freezing and festination (19%), neurological and
sensory disturbances (mostly vertigo) (12%), environmental factors (12%),
postural instability (11%), orthostatic hypotension (4%), and severe
dyskinesia (3.6%). In people with Parkinson's Disease, factors due to
themselves were dominant, whereas in the control group external factors were
responsible for falls with the same frequency. Every third fall intensified
the fear of walking. Over a third (34%) of falls caused injuries. Among them
bruises of body parts other than the head were most frequent. 
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