While often misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s disease based on their similar pathological symptoms, corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a distinct condition that can cause muscle rigidity, spasms, and contractions, often on just one side of the body. (Corticobasal syndrome, or CBS, is its most common presentation.) Its largely movement-based symptoms can make for an especially frustrating experience for persons diagnosed, who lose the ability to perform movements that once came naturally to them. Below are strategies for persons diagnosed, care partners, and health professionals to use when facing CBD. AFTD has developed a tailored resource to help care partners and care professionals approach this complicated movement disorder.

What to Do About Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD)