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SUBMITTER: Heldman DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3324112 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heldman Dustin A DA Giuffrida Joseph P JP Chen Robert R Payne Megan M Mazzella Filomena F Duker Andrew P AP Sahay Alok A Kim Sang Jin SJ Revilla Fredy J FJ Espay Alberto J AJ
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 20110429 10
Bradykinesia encompasses slowness, decreased movement amplitude, and dysrhythmia. Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale-based bradykinesia-related items require that clinicians condense abnormalities in speed, amplitude, fatiguing, hesitations, and arrests into a single score. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of a modified bradykinesia rating scale, which separately assesses speed, amplitude, and rhythm and its correlation with kinematic measures from motion sensors ...[more]