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Margaret M. Hoehn
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 9
Citations - 13265
Margaret M. Hoehn is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Parkinsonism & Lee Silverman voice treatment. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 9 publications receiving 12387 citations.
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Parkinsonism: Onset, progression, and mortality
Margaret M. Hoehn,Melvin D. Yahr +1 more
TL;DR: Controversy over the effectiveness of therapeutic measures for parkinsonism is due partially to this wide variability and to the paucity of clinical information about the natural history of the syndrome.
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Treatment of parkinsonism with levodopa.
TL;DR: Under the most optimal circumstances, the best that can be expected from their judicious administration is a 20% reduction in the severity of symptoms with a modest improvement of functional capacity.
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Intensive voice treatment (LSVT®) for patients with Parkinson's disease: a 2 year follow up
Lorraine O. Ramig,Shimon Sapir,Stefanie Countryman,A A Pawlas,Christopher F. O'Brien,Margaret M. Hoehn,L L Thompson +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the long-term effects of the Lee Silverman voice treatment (LSVT) were assessed in patients with Parkinson's disease, using acoustic analyses of voice loudness and inflection in voice fundamental frequency (measured in terms of semitone standard deviation, or STSD).
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Intensive speech treatment for patients with Parkinson's disease Short- and long-term comparison of two techniques
Lorraine O. Ramig,Stefanie Countryman,Christopher F. O'Brien,Margaret M. Hoehn,Laetitia L. Thompson +4 more
TL;DR: This study is the first to document the short- and long-term effects of intensive speech treatment (LSVT), which focuses on the voice, for patients with Parkinson's disease compared with a placebo speech treatment group.
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Parkinsonism: Alterations in spatial orientation as determined by a route-walking test
TL;DR: It was found that the total parkinsonian group was significantly worse than the controls in their ability to guide themselves through space according to pattern as specified by a visual map.