Abstract

Parkinson disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world after Alzheimer disease. Vascular parkinsonism is one of the causes of secondary parkinsonism. Vascular parkinsonism, a condition in which one or more major symptoms such as tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability are observed together, develops due to vascular pathologies, and there are still no definitive criteria for diagnosis. In cases of vascular parkinsonism, a personalized rehabilitation program should be implemented. Herein, we reported a 64-year-old female patient who developed vascular parkinsonism secondary to a cerebrovascular accident following COVID-19 infection.

Citation: Işıkdemir R, Demirci EB, Keskin ED. Vascular parkinsonism after a stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case report. Parkinson Hast Harek Boz Derg 2025;28(1):1-4. doi: 10.5606/phhb.dergisi.2025.27.

Idea/concept, other: R.I., E.B.D., E.D.K.; Design, data collection and/or processing, literature review, manuscript writing: R.I., E.B.D.; Supervision, analysis and/or interpretation, critical review: E.D.K.; References and funding, materials: R.I., E.B.D.

The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/ or publication of this article.

The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.