scholarly journals Modernizing Daily Function Assessment in Parkinson's Disease Using Capacity, Perception, and Performance Measures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Maetzler ◽  
Lynn Rochester ◽  
Roongroj Bhidayasiri ◽  
Alberto J. Espay ◽  
Alvaro Sánchez‐Ferro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Daily Function ◽  
Function Assessment

Parkinson’s disease affects gaze behavior and performance of drivers

Ergonomics ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Gisele C. Gotardi ◽  
Fabio A. Barbieri ◽  
Rafael O. Simão ◽  
Vinicius A. Pereira ◽  
André M. Baptista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Gaze Behavior ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Levodopa improves handwriting and instrumental tasks in previously treated patients with Parkinson’s disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (10) ◽  
pp. 1369-1376
Author(s):  
Thomas Müller ◽  
Ali Harati
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Motor Behavior ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Motor Symptoms ◽  
Execution Speed ◽  
Previously Treated Patients ◽  
Previously Treated ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease may be determined with instrumental tests and rating procedures. Their outcomes reflect the functioning and the impairment of the individual patient when patients are tested off and on dopamine substituting drugs. Objectives were to investigate whether the execution speed of a handwriting task, instrumentally assessed fine motor behavior, and rating scores improve after soluble levodopa application. 38 right-handed patients were taken off their regular drug therapy for at least 12 h before scoring, handwriting, and performance of instrumental devices before and 1 h after 100 mg levodopa intake. The outcomes of all performed procedures improved. The easy-to-perform handwriting task and the instrumental tests demand for fast and precise execution of movement sequences with considerable cognitive load in the domains' attention and concentration. These investigations may serve as additional tools for the testing of the dopaminergic response.

A comparative study of physical performance measures in Parkinson's disease

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (13) ◽  
pp. 1897-1905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruko Tanji ◽  
Ann L. Gruber-Baldini ◽  
Karen E. Anderson ◽  
Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff ◽  
Stephen G. Reich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Performance Measures

scholarly journals Patient-reported and performance-based measures of walking in mild-moderate Parkinson's disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e01081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breiffni Leavy ◽  
Niklas Löfgren ◽  
Maria Nilsson ◽  
Erika Franzén
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Dual task performance: a comparison between healthy elderly individuals and those with Parkinson’s disease

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Nascimento Floriano ◽  
Jacqueline Frazão Alves ◽  
Isabela Andrelino de Almeida ◽  
Roger Burgo de Souza ◽  
Gustavo Christofoletti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Berg Balance Scale ◽  
Dual Tasks ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Performance

Introduction The dual tasks (DT) is learned during the whole life and a prerequisite in functional performance in different activities of daily living. Healthy elderly have reduced ability to perform motor activities and cognitive tasks simultaneously, compared to young adults. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly and classic motor symptoms coexist with prejudice in cognitive domains. Objective To compare balance, gait and performance in dual tasks of individuals with Parkinson’s disease and healthy elderly. Material and method Transversal study consisted of 21 individuals with PD, classified between 1.5 to 3 in Hoehn and Yahr scale and 21 healthy individuals. To evaluate the performance on simple tasks and dual tasks the participants were submitted to five simple tasks (motor) and each was associated with a cognitive task, featuring a DT. To balance and gait evaluation was used the following instruments: Berg Balance Scale, Tinetti Scale and Dynamic Gait Index. Results In respect to gait and performance in dual tasks, there was a statistically significant difference with the worst performance for the group of individuals with PD. Conclusion It was found that the group of elderly people with PD has lower performance in the execution of concurrent tasks when compared with healthy elderly, so the DT can be introduced in rehabilitation programs to improve the performance of these patients.

scholarly journals Reliability in One-Repetition Maximum Performance in People with Parkinson's Disease

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Buckley ◽  
Christopher J. Hass
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Knee Flexion ◽  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Knee Extension ◽  
Repetition Maximum ◽  
Standard Assessment ◽  
And Performance

Strength training is an effective modality to improve muscular strength and functional performance in people with Parkinson's disease (PWP). One-repetition maximum (1-RM) is the gold standard assessment of strength; however, PWP suffer from day-to-day variations in symptom severity and performance characteristics, potentially adversely affecting the reliability of 1-RM performance. Herein, we assessed the reliability of 1-RM in PWP. Forty-six participants completed two sessions of 1-RM testing of knee extension, knee flexion, chest press, and biceps curl at least 72 hours apart. Significantly differences between testing sessions were identified for knee extension (P< 0.001), knee flexion (P= 0.042), and biceps curl (P= 0.001); however, high reliability (ICC > 0.90) was also identified between sessions. Interestingly, almost third of subjects failed to perform better on the second testing session. These findings suggest that 1-RM testing can be safely performed in PWP and that disease-related daily variability may influence 1-RM performance.

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