CME Question of the Week: Identification of the Parkinsonian Gait During Neurologic Evaluation

Subject: CME Question of the Week: Identification of the Parkinsonian Gait During Neurologic Evaluation

Date: 11/6/2008

In this issue: Test your movement disorders knowledge and earn 1.0 credit hour with this free CME activity from WE MOVE

Question: The parkinsonian gait

A. Involves intermittent, involuntary, irregular jerky movements and slow writhing movements of both upper and lower extremities that interrupt the normal flow of walking

B. Results from bilateral dysfunction in the frontal lobes

C. Involves postural instability, freezing gait, diminished or absent arm swing, festination, and hesitancy with initiation of movement

D. Involves a fisting of the hand with the arm held in a flexed position and a circumduction of the leg

Get the answer in THIS CME ACTIVITY:
www.mdvu.org/classrooms/cme_system/introduction.asp?ID=55

Providing clinically relevant information for:

Movement Disorder Specialists
General Neurologists
Neurology Residents
Primary Care Physicians

The case author for this educational activity is William J Marks, Jr., MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of California, Medical Director, UCSF Center for the Surgical Treatment of Movement Disorders, Director, Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, & Clinical Center San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center