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Quantitative Measurement of Rigidity in Parkinson´s Disease: A Systematic Review.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Quantitative Analysis of Axial Rigidity at Different Passive Movement Velocities in Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Surface Electromyography for Parkinson's Disease Monitoring: A Review of Machine and Deep Learning Techniques.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Efficacy of Suprascapular Nerve Block and Pulsed Radiofrequency for Chronic Shoulder Pain in Parkinson's Disease.Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Exploring biomechanical differences between brain-first and body-first Parkinson's disease subtypes using shear wave elastography: a pilot cross-sectional study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Functional reorganization of motor subcircuits in Parkinson's disease.Brain communications · 2026Article
- Speed Matters: Challenging the Notion of Velocity-Independent Rigidity Using Technological Devices in People with Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Neurology international · 2025Review
- Automated Shoulder Girdle Rigidity Assessment in Parkinson's Disease via an Integrated Model- and Data-Driven Approach.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Rigidity in Parkinson's Disease: The Objective Effect of Levodopa.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025Article
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- Key Non-coding Variants in Three Neuroapoptosis and Neuroinflammation-Related LncRNAs Are Protectively Associated with Susceptibility to Parkinson's Disease and Some of Its Clinical Features.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Article
- Objective clinical registration of tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity during awake stereotactic neurosurgery: a scoping review.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Impaired 24-h activity patterns are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and cognitive decline.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2024Article
- Electromyography as a tool to motion analysis for people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A protocol for a systematic review.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Effect of Skeletal Muscle-Pump on Blood Pressure and Postural Control in Parkinson's Disease.Cardiovascular engineering and technology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Rigidity is one of the cardinal symptoms of Parkinson´s disease (PD). Present in up 89% of cases, it is typically assessed with clinical scales. However, these instruments show limitations due to their subjectivity and poor intra- and inter-rater reliability. To compile all of the objective quantitative methods used to assess rigidity in PD and to study their validity and reliability, a systematic review was conducted using the Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus databases. Studies from January 1975 to June 2019 were included, all of which were written in English. The Strengthening the Reporting of observational studies in Epidemiology Statement (STROBE) checklist for observational studies was used to assess the methodological rigor of the included studies. Thirty-six studies were included. Rigidity was quantitatively assessed in three ways, using servomotors, inertial sensors, and biomechanical and neurophysiological study of muscles. All methods showed good validity and reliability, good correlation with clinical scales, and were useful for detecting rigidity and studying its evolution. People with PD exhibit higher values in terms of objective muscle stiffness than healthy controls. Rigidity depends on the angular velocity and articular amplitude of the mobilization applied. There are objective, valid, and reliable methods that can be used to quantitatively assess rigidity in people with PD.
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