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ArticleMovement disorders clinical practice2024

Predicting Disability in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Using Bedside Frontal-Lobe Signs.

Iñigo Ruiz-Barrio, Andrea Horta-Barba, Ignacio Aracil-Bolaños, Saül Martinez-Horta, Jaime Kulisevsky, Javier Pagonabarraga

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Article in Movement disorders clinical practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Iñigo Ruiz-BarrioUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (U.A.B.), Facultad de Medicina, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2015-5857
Andrea Horta-BarbaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (U.A.B.), Facultad de Medicina, Barcelona, Spain.
Ignacio Aracil-BolañosMovement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8246-5025
Saül Martinez-HortaMovement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0125-7249
Jaime KulisevskyUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (U.A.B.), Facultad de Medicina, Barcelona, Spain.
Javier PagonabarragaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (U.A.B.), Facultad de Medicina, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3248-704X
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESHospital de Sant Pau · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFrontal lobe signs in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are prevalent and occur early in the disease. Although they are recognized in clinical practice, studies are needed to systematically investigate them for an in-depth understanding of the neurological substrate and their potential prognostic implications in the disease.

objectivesTo study the predictive role of frontal lobe signs in PSP, as well as to describe their neuropsychological and anatomical correlations.

methodsNine recognized signs of frontal lobe dysfunction were assessed in 61 patients with PSP. Those signs able to predict PSP Rating Scale (PSPRS) score at baseline were selected, a survival analysis was performed and associations with neuropsychological tests and cortical thickness parameters in brain MRI were studied.

resultsGrasping, anosognosia and orobuccal apraxia predicted the PSPRS score independently of age, gender, clinical subtype and disease duration. The occurrence of groping in the first 4 years could be a predictor of survival. Grasping and anosognosia were associated with frontal cognitive dysfunction, whereas orobuccal apraxia and groping were related to a more widespread cognitive impairment, involving temporal-parietal areas. Presence of groping showed an extensive cortical atrophy, with predominant prefrontal, temporal and superior parietal cortical thinning.

conclusionsGrasping, groping, anosognosia and orobuccal apraxia are easily evaluable bedside clinical signs that reflect distinct stages of disease progression. Grasping, anosognosia and orobuccal apraxia predict disease disability in patients with PSP, and early onset groping could be a survival predictor.

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AgnosiaApraxiasSupranuclear Palsy, ProgressiveFrontal LobeHumansMagnetic Resonance Imagingdisability in PSPfrontal-lobe signsprognostic in PSPprogressive supranuclear palsy

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PMID38164060
PMCPMC10928321
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