Timed tests of motor function in Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 442-446

  Macleod, Angus D ^a   Counsell, Carl E ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradykinesia; Diagnosis; Motor function; Normal range; Parkinson's disease; Tapping test; Timed tests; Walking test

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL VALUE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954952165     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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