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Amplitude setting and dopamine response of finger tapping and gait are related in Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT: Movement amplitude setting is affected early in Parkinson's disease (PD), clinically manifesting as bradykinesia. Our objective was to determine if amplitude setting of upper limb bimanual movements and bipedal gait are similarly modulated in PD. 27 PD and 24 control participants were enrolled. Participants performed a bimanual anti-phase finger tapping task wearing gloves with joint angular sensors, and an instrumented gait assessment. Participants performed normal and fast paced assessments to vary motor load. PD participants were evaluated OFF (PD-OFF) and ON (PD-ON) levodopa. PD-OFF participants had smaller tap amplitude, and greater tap amplitude variability than controls in the more affected hands (all p < 0.05). Tap amplitude and stride length (p = 0.030) were correlated in PD-OFF. Tap amplitude was also correlated with motor UPDRS (p < 0.005) and bradykinesia motor (p < 0.05) and ADL (p < 0.005) UPDRS subscores. The relative amount of improvement in tap amplitude and stride length with levodopa was correlated. In PD, upper limb and gait amplitude setting are similarly scaled with motor demand and dopamine supplementation. This suggests these automated motor functions are subserved by common functional networks.

SUBMITTER: Syeda HB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8907286 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Amplitude setting and dopamine response of finger tapping and gait are related in Parkinson's disease.

Syeda Hafsa Bareen HB Glover Aliyah A Pillai Lakshmi L Kemp Aaron S AS Spencer Horace H Lotia Mitesh M Larson-Prior Linda J LJ Virmani Tuhin T

Scientific reports 20220309 1

Movement amplitude setting is affected early in Parkinson's disease (PD), clinically manifesting as bradykinesia. Our objective was to determine if amplitude setting of upper limb bimanual movements and bipedal gait are similarly modulated in PD. 27 PD and 24 control participants were enrolled. Participants performed a bimanual anti-phase finger tapping task wearing gloves with joint angular sensors, and an instrumented gait assessment. Participants performed normal and fast paced assessments to ...[more]

PMID: 35264705

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Project description:BackgroundMovement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson's Rating Scale Part III (MDS-UPDRS III) is the gold standard for assessing medication effects in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, short and rater-independent measurements would be ideal for future trials.ObjectivesTo assess the ability of 3 different finger tapping tasks to detect levodopa/carbidopa-induced changes over time and to determine their correlation and compare their discriminatory power with MDS-UPDRS III.MethodsThis was a randomized, double-blind, crossover study in 20 patients with PD receiving levodopa/carbidopa and placebo capsules after overnight medication withdrawal. Pre- and up to 3.5 hours postdose, MDS-UPDRS III and tapping tasks were performed. Tasks included 2 touchscreen-based alternate finger tapping tasks (index finger versus index-middle finger tapping) and a thumb-index finger task using a goniometer.ResultsIn the alternate index finger tapping task, levodopa/carbidopa compared with placebo resulted in significantly faster (total taps: 12.5 [95% confidence interval, CI, 6.7-18.2]) and less accurate tapping (total spatial error: 240 mm [95% CI, 123-357 mm]) with improved rhythm (intertap interval standard deviation [SD], -16.3% [95% CI, -29.9% to 0.0%]). In the thumb-index finger task, tapping was significantly faster (mean opening velocity, 151 degree/s [64-237 degree/s]), with a higher mean amplitude (8.4 degrees [3.7-13.0 degrees]) and improved rhythm (intertap interval SD, -46.4% [95% CI, -63.7% to -20.9%]). The speed-related endpoints showed a moderate-to-strong correlation with the MDS-UPDRS III (r = 0.45-0.70). The effect sizes of total taps and spatial error in the alternate index finger tapping task and opening velocity in the thumb-index finger task were comparable with the MDS-UPDRS III. In contrast, the MDS-UPDRS III performed better than the alternate index-middle finger task.ConclusionThe alternate index finger and the thumb-index finger tapping tasks provide short, rater-independent measurements that are sensitive to levodopa/carbidopa effects with a similar effect size as the MDS-UPDRS III.

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Amplitude setting and dopamine response of finger tapping and gait are related in Parkinson's disease.

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Amplitude setting and dopamine response of finger tapping and gait are related in Parkinson's disease.

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