Quantitative measurements of alternating finger tapping in Parkinson's disease correlate with UPDRS motor disability and reveal the improvement in fine motor control from medication and deep brain stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1286-1298

  Tavares, Ana Lisa T ^a   Jefferis, Gregory S X E ^a   Koop, Mandy ^a   Hill, Bruce C ^a   Hastie, Trevor ^a   Heit, Gary ^a   Bronte Stewart, Helen M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Musical instrument digital interface; Parkinson's disease; Quantitative digitography; Repetitive alternating finger tapping task; Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODICITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 27844517120     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20556     Document Type: Article

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