Case Report

The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report

Volume: 74 Number: 3 December 31, 2021
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The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report

Abstract

Orthostatic tremor (OT) is a movement disorder that occurs during standing and disappears with walking or sitting. This article presented the results of a rehabilitation program with levodopa+benserazide treatment in an OT patient. An 82-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic because of immobilization accompanied by tremor in his right leg while standing for the last two months, resulting in continued walking or sitting, and fear of falling. Upon the recommendation of the neurology clinic, 300 mg of levodopa+ 75 mg benserazide/day treatment was initiated with the diagnosis of OT, and the patient was included in the rehabilitation program in our clinic. This patient, who had difficulty in standing with the support of two people due to intense tremor at the beginning of his hospitalization, was discharged under supervision with a rotator for forty meters after a four-week rehabilitation program. As a result, rehabilitation programs applied together with medical treatment in OT treatment are very important to increase the quality of life and functionality of patients.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Journal Section

Case Report

Publication Date

December 31, 2021

Submission Date

March 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

July 16, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 74 Number: 3

APA
Gündüz Gül, Y. Ö., Cengiz, D., Yıldız, S. Y., & Ünlü, E. (2021). The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 74(3), 358-360. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.03251
AMA
1.Gündüz Gül YÖ, Cengiz D, Yıldız SY, Ünlü E. The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2021;74(3):358-360. doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.03251
Chicago
Gündüz Gül, Yeşim Özge, Damla Cengiz, Sadık Yiğit Yıldız, and Ece Ünlü. 2021. “The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program With Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 74 (3): 358-60. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.03251.
EndNote
Gündüz Gül YÖ, Cengiz D, Yıldız SY, Ünlü E (December 1, 2021) The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 74 3 358–360.
IEEE
[1]Y. Ö. Gündüz Gül, D. Cengiz, S. Y. Yıldız, and E. Ünlü, “The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report”, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 358–360, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.03251.
ISNAD
Gündüz Gül, Yeşim Özge - Cengiz, Damla - Yıldız, Sadık Yiğit - Ünlü, Ece. “The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program With Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 74/3 (December 1, 2021): 358-360. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.03251.
JAMA
1.Gündüz Gül YÖ, Cengiz D, Yıldız SY, Ünlü E. The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2021;74:358–360.
MLA
Gündüz Gül, Yeşim Özge, et al. “The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program With Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 74, no. 3, Dec. 2021, pp. 358-60, doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.03251.
Vancouver
1.Yeşim Özge Gündüz Gül, Damla Cengiz, Sadık Yiğit Yıldız, Ece Ünlü. The Effect of a Rehabilitation Program with Benserazide+Levodopa Treatment on Orthostatic Tremor: Case Report. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2021 Dec. 1;74(3):358-60. doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.03251