Freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson’s disease patients—the contribution of Garcin and Melaragno

Raymond Garcin, professor of neurology in Paris, France, and his Brazilian assistant, Professor Roberto Melaragno described in 1948 the phenomenon defined as “ bégaiement de la mise en route du mouvement ” in patients with Parkinson’s disease. This was one of the first descriptions of freezing of ga...

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Published inNeurological sciences Vol. 42; no. 12; pp. 5413 - 5417
Main Authors Teive, Hélio A. G., Cunha, Paulina, Ferreira, Matheus Gomes, Camargo, Carlos Henrique F., Limongi, João Carlos P., Barbosa, Egberto Reis, Walusinski, Olivier, Agid, Yves
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Brain diseases
Gait
History of Neurology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Movement disorders
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Neurosurgery
Parkinson's disease
Psychiatry
Parkinsonism
Gait disorder
Freezing of gait
Parkinson’s disease
Freezing
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Summary:Raymond Garcin, professor of neurology in Paris, France, and his Brazilian assistant, Professor Roberto Melaragno described in 1948 the phenomenon defined as “ bégaiement de la mise en route du mouvement ” in patients with Parkinson’s disease. This was one of the first descriptions of freezing of gait (FOG) in the world.
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ISSN:1590-1874
1590-3478
DOI:10.1007/s10072-021-05381-1