A history of head trauma may predict a more rapid decline in patients with Parkinson's disease , new research suggests.
The analysis was part of the online Fox Insight study that is evaluating motor and nonmotor symptoms in individuals with and those without PD. The study included participants who had completed questionnaires on such things as head trauma. In this head injury group, 51% had received one head injury, 28% had received two injuries, and 22% had received more than two injuries.
Results showed that the adjusted hazard ratio for developing motor impairment among those with a head injury in comparison with those who had not had a head injury was 1.24 . For severe injuries, the aHR for motor impairment was 1.44 .
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