Mds 2024 Parkinsonism Icd. Motor fluctuations and dyskinesia are important complications of levodopa therapy that affect many patients with advancing parkinson. Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome presenting with any combination of bradykinesia, rest tremor, rigidity, and postural instability.
Similar to previous criteria, the movement disorder society pd criteria retain motor parkinsonism as the core feature of the disease, defined as bradykinesia plus rest. In the published statement of mds 1, we summarized those foundational principles for the development of a biological definition, classification, and staging system for pd.
