Giuseppe Cosentino, Micol Avenali, Antonio Schindler, Nicole Pizzorni, Cristina Montomoli, Giovanni Abbruzzese, Angelo Antonini, Filippo Barbiera, Marco Benazzo, Eduardo Elias Benarroch, Giulia Bertino, Emanuele Cereda, Pere Clavè, Pietro Cortelli, Roberto Eleopra, Chiara Ferrari, Shaheen Hamdy, Maggie-Lee Huckabee, Leonardo Lopiano, Rosario Marchese Ragona, Stefano Masiero, Emilia Michou, Antonio Occhini, Claudio Pacchetti, Ronald F Pfeiffer, Domenico A Restivo, Mariangela Rondanelli, Giovanni Ruoppolo, Giorgio Sandrini, Anthony H V Schapira, Fabrizio Stocchi, Eduardo Tolosa, Francesca Valentino, Mauro Zamboni, Roberta Zangaglia, Mario Zappia, Cristina Tassorelli, Enrico Alfonsi
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a combination of motor and non-motor dysfunction. Dysphagia is a common symptom in PD, though it is still too frequently underdiagnosed. Consensus is lacking on screening, diagnosis, and prognosis of dysphagia in PD. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature and to define consensus statements on the screening and the diagnosis of dysphagia in PD, as well as on the impact of dysphagia on the prognosis and quality of life (QoL) of PD patients...
March 2022: Journal of Neurology