The applause sign in Parkinson’s disease patients is related to dysexecutive syndrome
| Autor: | Mirjana Vladetić, Svetlana Tomić, Silva Butković Soldo, Krešimir Šolić, Sanja Mišević |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Parkinson's disease Perseveration Neuropsychological Tests Audiology Executive Function Raven's Progressive Matrices Rating scale Physiology (medical) Statistical significance mental disorders Humans Medicine Aged Parkinson plus syndrome Aged 80 and over Dysexecutive syndrome business.industry Applause sign Cognition Neurodegenerative disease Parkinson’s disease Parkinson Disease General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Exact test Neurology Physical therapy Female Surgery Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Cognition Disorders business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 20:1734-1736 |
| ISSN: | 0967-5868 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.02.024 |
| Popis: | Recent publications report that a positive applause sign is not only present in patients with neurodegenerative diseases where the subcortical structures are affected but also in patients with cortical dementia. The nature of this sign remains unknown. This study aimed to determine the frequency of the applause sign and its correlation with cognitive impairment in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. The study included 30 non-depressed patients diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Study patients underwent the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale part III, Dementia Rating Scale (DRS), Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices, and Mill Hill Vocabulary tests. Statistical analysis was performed by use of the parametric Student's t-test, nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher's exact test, with the level of significance set at p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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