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ArticleJournal of clinical movement disorders2019

"Feasibility and utility of a simple computerized test for measuring saccade latency in progressive supranuclear palsy- a proof-of-concept study".

Marian L Dale, Emmi P Scott, Saher Khalid, Andrew S Eiseman, Travis H Turner

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Article in Journal of clinical movement disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Marian L Dale1The Murray Center for Research on Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders and CurePSP Center of Care, Medical University of South Carolina, 208B Rutledge Ave MSC 108, Charleston, SC 29425 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1010-982X
Emmi P Scott1The Murray Center for Research on Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders and CurePSP Center of Care, Medical University of South Carolina, 208B Rutledge Ave MSC 108, Charleston, SC 29425 USA.
Saher Khalid2Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH USA.
Andrew S Eiseman3Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC USA.
Travis H Turner1The Murray Center for Research on Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders and CurePSP Center of Care, Medical University of South Carolina, 208B Rutledge Ave MSC 108, Charleston, SC 29425 USA.
Medical University of South Carolina · USCleveland Clinic · US

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Abstract

backgroundReliable detection of slowed vertical saccades may help discriminate progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) from the subset of Parkinson's disease patients who lack tremor (akinetic-rigid or PD-postural instability and gait disorder PIGD subtype), and from age-related oculomotor changes. We investigated the feasibility of a camera-less computerized behavioral saccade latency paradigm previously validated in PD to discriminate probable PSP-Richardson syndrome (PSP-RS) from PD-PIGD and age-matched controls.

methodsIn this proof-of-concept case-control study, reflexive saccade latencies were measured in 5 subjects with probable PSP-RS, 5 subjects with PD-PIGD subtype, and 5 age-matched controls using the behavioral paradigm. The battery was repeated approximately one month later. All subjects were examined off levodopa by a movement disorders neurologist and by an ophthalmologist, who also performed a dilated eye exam.

resultsVertical prosaccade latencies were longer in the PSP group (median = 903 ms) relative to PD (median = 268 ms) and control groups (median = 235 ms), with no overlap between groups (100% accuracy). PSP subjects also had larger vertical-horizontal discrepancies than comparison groups. Test-retest reliability for the behavioral saccade measures was good (interclass correlation coefficient = 0.948; 95% confidence interval [0.856, 0.982]), and the measures strongly correlated with clinical ratings.

conclusionsComputerized behavioral measurement of reflexive saccade latency is feasible in PSP, and potentially discriminates probable PSP-RS from the PD-PIGD subtype. Findings from this proof-of-concept study support utility of the approach for obtaining objective saccade metrics in clinical evaluations and for tracking change in future, larger trials of moderately advanced PSP. Future studies should also examine the behavioral paradigm in earlier presentations of PSP and other subtypes of PSP.

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Eye trackingProgressive supranuclear palsySaccades

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