Standardized handwriting to assess bradykinesia, micrographia and tremor in Parkinson's disease.

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether standardized handwriting can provide quantitative measures to distinguish patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease from age- and gender-matched healthy control participants. DESIGN: Exploratory study. Pen tip trajectories were recorded during circle, spiral and l...

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Main Authors: Esther J Smits, Antti J Tolonen, Luc Cluitmans, Mark van Gils, Bernard A Conway, Rutger C Zietsma, Klaus L Leenders, Natasha M Maurits
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4031150?pdf=render