OUTREACH LIBRARIAN SERVICE
June 2011 - EVIDENCE UPDATE:
Parkinson’s Disease
This fact sheet provides an overview of recent evidence relevant to Parkinson’s Disease in hospitals and
information on how the “Outreach Librarian Service” can support you to keep up-to-date.
Selected evidence
Best practice guidelines for people with Parkinson’s disease published by the College of Occupational
Therapy specialist section. www.cot.org.uk/
Articles
Abosch A; Gupte, A; Eberly LE, Tuite PJ & Nance M
Impulsive behaviour and associated clinical variables in Parkinson’s disease.
Psychosomatics, January 2011, 52(1) p 41-7
Becker C; Brobert GP; Johansson S; Jick SS & Meir CR
Risk of incident depression in patients with Parkinson disease in the UK.
European Journal of Neurology, March 2011, 18(3) p 448-53
Full text available through your personal Athens account.
Bucks RS; Cruise KE; Skinner TC; Loftus AM; Barker RA & Thomas MG
Coping processes and health related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, March 2011, 26(3) 247-55
Doherty KM; Silveira-Moriyama L; Azulay J; Gershanik OS & Bloem BR
Postural deformities in Parkinson’s disease
The Lancet Neurology, June 2011, p538-549
Full text available through your personal Athens account
Espay AJ; Dwivedi AK; Payne M; Gaines L; Vaughan JE & Maddux BN
Methylphenidate for gait impairment in Parkinson’s disease: a randomized clinical trial.
Neurology, April 2011, 76(14) p 1256-62
Full text available through your personal Athens account.
Foreman KB; Addison O; Kim HS & Dibble LE
Testing balance and fall risk in persons with Parkinson’s disease, an argument for ecologically valid testing.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, March 2011, 17(3) p 1667-71
Huber JE & Darling M
Effect of Parkinson’s disease on the production of structured and unstructured speaking tasks: respiratory
physiologic and linguistic considerations.
Journal of Speech Language & Hearing Research, February 2011, 54(1) p 33-46
Full text available through your personal Athens account.
Invernizzi M; Carda S; Viscontini GS & Cisari C
Osteoporosis in Parkinson’s disease.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2011, 15(5) p 339-346
Leddy B; Crowner E & Earhart GM
Functional gait assessment and balance evaluation system test: reliability, validity and specificity for
identifying individuals with Parkinson disease
Physical Therapy, 2011, 91(1) p 102-113
Lohnes CA & Earhart GM
The impact of attentional, auditory and combined cues on walking during single and dual cognitive tasks in
Parkinson disease.
Gait & Posture, March 2011, 33(3) p 478-83
McLaughlan D; Hasson F; Kernohan WG; Waldron M & McLaughlin M
Living and coping with Parkinson’s disease: perceptions of informal carers.
Palliative Medicine, March 2011, 25(2) p 177-82
Full text available through your personal Athens account.
Muller B; Larden JP; Wentzel-Larsen T; Skeie GO & Tysnes OB
Autonomic and sensory symptoms and signs in incident, untreated Parkinson’s disease: frequent but mild.
Movement Disorders, January 2011, 26(1) p 65-72
O’Sullivan SS; Loane CM; Lawrence AD; Evans AH & Piccini P
Sleep disturbance and impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s disease.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, June 2011, 82(6) p 620-2
Full text available through your personal Athens account.
Ross AM; Mudge AM & Young
Everyone’s problem but nobody’s job: staff perceptions and explanations for poor nutritional intake in older
medical patients.
Nutrition & Dietetics, 2011, 68(1) p 41-46
Schenkman K; McFann A & Baron E
PROFILE PD: profile of function and impairment level experience with Parkinson’s disease—clinmetric
properties of a rating scale for physical therapy practice.
Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 2011, 34(4) p 182-192
Sixel–Doring F; Schweitzer M; Mollenhaur B & Trenkwalder C
Intraindividual variability of REM sleep behaviour disorder in Parkinson’s disease: a comparative
assessment using a new REM sleep behaviour disorder severity scale (RBDSS) for clinical routine.
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, February 2011, 7(1) p 75-80
Soh SE; Morris ME & McGinley JL
Determinants of health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, January 2011, 17(1) 1-9
Full text available through your personal Athens account
Vaughan CP; Juncos JL; Burgio KL; Goode PS & Wolf RA
Behavior therapy to treat urinary incontinence in Parkinson’s disease.
Neurology, May 2011, 76(19) p 1631-4
Full text available through your personal Athens account
Walker RW; Dunn JR & Gray WK
Self-reported Dysphagia and its correlates within a prevalent population of people with Parkinson’s
disease.
Dysphagia, March 2011, 26(1) p 92-6
How can I help you?
Literature search service
I can offer an expert, in-depth literature search service to help you locate the evidence on any health related topic.
Training
If you want to learn to navigate the wealth of available online healthcare information and how to search databases
more effectively, the ‘Trust trainer’ can offer timetabled hands-on training sessions or can provide customised one-
to-one support. Telephone: 0121 424 0583 or email: [email protected]
Current awareness services
If you need to keep up-to-date on a particular topic I can advise on suitable RSS feeds and help you set up article
alerts from the major healthcare databases.
Online resources
Whilst many good quality resources are freely available, most full-text journals and the main bibliographic databases
(e.g. Medline and CINAHL) require an Athens username and password. To register for an Athens login go to
The Library web pages contain detailed information about library services and training opportunities, online request
and registration forms and several guides on key online resources and evidence-based websites at
Contact
The Outreach Librarian is located in the education centre at Heartlands Hospital, on the first floor, next to the Library.
Telephone 0121 424 2503 (42503) or email: [email protected]