![]() ![]() "Post-traumatic syndromes with tremor have a different presentation."Īli's symptoms were clear in a video that showed him lighting the 1996 Olympic torch, Okun and co-authors pointed out. "Thirty-plus years of a progressive, asymmetric, dopamine-responsive resting tremor, accompanied by other classical features, provides strong evidence for a diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease in Ali," Okun noted. "There remains a substantial amount of uncertainty in the degree to which Parkinson's disease versus repeated hits to the head contributed to Muhammad Ali's progressive tremor and cognitive impairment," he said. ![]() "Ali is a vitally important part of our history and it is important we accurately document his Parkinson's disease symptoms and his disease course." "This viewpoint represents the first time that a group of physicians who continuously evaluated him over the years has, with permission from the family, spoken on the record," Okun told MedPage Today. ![]()
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