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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2016

Parkinsonian Balance Deficits Quantified Using a Game Industry Board and a Specific Battery of Four Paradigms.

Olivier Darbin, Coral Gubler, Dean Naritoku, Daniel Dees, Anthony Martino, Elizabeth Adams

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Olivier DarbinDepartment of Neurology, University of South AlabamaMobile, AL, USA; Division of System Neurophysiology, National Institute for Physiological SciencesOkazaki, Japan; Animal Resource Program, University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL, USA; Vestibular Research, University of South AlabamaMobile, AL, USA.
Coral GublerVestibular Research, University of South AlabamaMobile, AL, USA; Department of Physical Therapy, University of South AlabamaMobile, AL, USA.
Dean NaritokuDepartment of Neurology, University of South Alabama Mobile, AL, USA.
Daniel DeesDepartment of Neurology, University of South Alabama Mobile, AL, USA.
Anthony MartinoDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of South Alabama Mobile, AL, USA.
Elizabeth AdamsVestibular Research, University of South AlabamaMobile, AL, USA; Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of South AlabamaMobile, AL, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study describes a cost-effective screening protocol for parkinsonism based on combined objective and subjective monitoring of balance function. Objective evaluation of balance function was performed using a game industry balance board and an automated analyses of the dynamic of the center of pressure in time, frequency, and non-linear domains collected during short series of stand up tests with different modalities and severity of sensorial deprivation. The subjective measurement of balance function was performed using the Dizziness Handicap Inventory questionnaire. Principal component analyses on both objective and subjective measurements of balance function allowed to obtained a specificity and selectivity for parkinsonian patients (vs. healthy subjects) of 0.67 and 0.71 respectively. The findings are discussed regarding the relevance of cost-effective balance-based screening system as strategy to meet the needs of broader and earlier screening for parkinsonism in communities with limited access to healthcare.

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center of pressuredispertionfallirregularitymovement disordersoscillationsself-reported symptoms

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