Quantitative Assessment of Hand Dysfunction in Patients with Early Parkinson’s Disease and Focal Hand Dystonia

Quantitative Assessment of Hand Dysfunction in Patients with Early Parkinson’s Disease and Focal Hand Dystonia

Objective Motor impairments related to hand function are common symptoms in patients with movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and focal hand dystonia (FHD). However, hand dysfunction has not been quantitatively assessed as a clinical tool for screening patient groups from healthy co...

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Main Authors: Deepa Kandaswamy, MuthuKumar M, Mathew Alexander, Krishna Prabhu, Mahasampath Gowri S, Srinivasa Babu Krothapalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Movement Disorder Society 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Movement Disorders
Subjects:
Parkinson’s
focal hand dystonia
precision grip
hand dysfunction
loading phase duration
lifting phase duration
slip force
Online Access:http://www.e-jmd.org/upload/jmd-17046.pdf

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