Screening for Parkinson's disease with response time batteries: A pilot study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Johnson, Andrew M ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Almeida, Quincy J ^b,c   Grantier, Linda L ^c   Singarayer, Rene ^c   Jog, Mandar S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONTARIO; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 5444272946     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-4-14     Document Type: Article

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