Covid-19 and Parkinson’s disease: an overview

In March 2020, WHO declared Covid-19 outbreak pandemic. There has been increasing evidence that frail, old, multi-pathological patients are at greater risk of developing severe Covid-19 infection than younger, healthy ones. Covid-19’s impact on Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients could be analysed thr...

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Published in:	Journal of neurology Vol. 268; no. 12; pp. 4415 - 4421
Main Authors:	Cartella, S. M., Terranova, C., Rizzo, V., Quartarone, A., Girlanda, P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-12-2021 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Basal ganglia Brain diseases Central nervous system diseases Cognitive ability Communicable Disease Control Coronaviruses COVID-19 Humans Medicine Medicine & Public Health Movement disorders Neurodegenerative diseases Neurology Neuroradiology Neurosciences Pandemics Parkinson Disease - complications Parkinson Disease - epidemiology Parkinson Disease - therapy Parkinson's disease Review RNA, Viral SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Covid-19 Parkinson’s disease Movement disorders
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Summary:	In March 2020, WHO declared Covid-19 outbreak pandemic. There has been increasing evidence that frail, old, multi-pathological patients are at greater risk of developing severe Covid-19 infection than younger, healthy ones. Covid-19’s impact on Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients could be analysed through both the influence on PD patients’ health and their risk of developing severe Covid-19, and the consequences of lockdown and restrictive measures on mental and cognitive health on both patients and caregivers. Moreover, there are critical issues to be considered about patients’ care and management through an unprecedented time like this. One important issue to consider is physiotherapy, as most patients cannot keep exercising because of restrictive measures which has profoundly impacted on their health. Lastly, the relationship between PD and Sars-Cov2 may be even more complicated than it seems as some studies have hypothesized a possible Covid-19-induced parkinsonism. Hereby, we review the state of the art about the relationship between Covid-19 and Parkinson’s Disease, focusing on each of these five points.
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ISSN:	0340-5354 1432-1459
DOI:	10.1007/s00415-021-10721-4