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18709681

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this study is to compare physical performance measures for their ability to discriminate between levels of disability and disease severity in Parkinson's disease (PD). Disability in PD is commonly assessed by patient self-report, which may be limited by patient insight. METHODS: Seventy-nine patients with PD were tested with seven performance measures: Physical Performance Test (PPT), modified Physical Performance Test (mPPT), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Performance Test of Activities of Daily Living (PADL), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), and Functional Reach (FR). These measures were compared with patient-reported disability on the Older Americans Resource and Services Disability subscale (OARS) and disease severity on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). The performance measures were more sensitive to levels of disease severity than disability. Four measures discriminated across quartiles of disability (PPT, mPPT, BBS, TUG: P < 0.05), whereas all seven measures discriminated across quartiles of the Total UPDRS (PPT, mPPT, BBS, TUG, FR: P < 0.01; SPPB, PADL: P < 0.05). However, no measure consistently discriminated between subgroups with a range of early and advanced disease severity. The seven physical performance measures showed different profiles of strengths and weaknesses in assessing disability and disease severity. The results of this study will facilitate choosing performance measures for clinical care and clinical trials in PD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1531-8257
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2008 Movement Disorder Society.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1897-905
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A comparative study of physical performance measures in Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't