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ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2026

AMPLITUDE PERFORMANCE SUBTYPES IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

Antje S Mefferd, Kris Tjaden, Mary S Dietrich, Amy E Brown

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Article in medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Antje S MefferdDepartment of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.ORCID 0000-0003-0595-6717
Kris TjadenDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.ORCID 0000-0003-0971-7449
Mary S DietrichSchool of Nursing and Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.ORCID 0000-0003-4474-0767
Amy E BrownDepartment of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.ORCID 0000-0001-5752-9835

Funding

Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) -Identifying correlates of functional immunity in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasmaUL1TR002243 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Paul A. Harris, Wesley H Self · 2017 to 2026
$130.7M
A taxonomic articulation-focused approach to dysarthria classificationR01DC019648 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Antje Mefferd · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Tongue- and Jaw-Specific Contributions to Vowel Acoustic Changes: Towards a Mechanistic Model of Intelligibility Loss and Recovery in DysarthriaR03DC015075 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MEFFERD, ANTJE · 2016 to 2018
$474k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002243NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019648NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC015075
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify subgroups of talkers with Parkinson's disease (PD) with shared tongue, lip, and jaw articulatory amplitude behaviors. The study also sought to identify demographic and clinical features that can distinguish the identified kinematic subgroups. Methods: 53 talkers with PD and 54 controls participated. Articulatory amplitudes of the tongue, lip, and jaw were measured during a paragraph reading task using three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography. Amplitude performance profiles of the tongue, lip, and jaw were established for each talker with PD by referencing their performance to that of controls. These profiles were submitted to a hierarchical cluster analysis to identify kinematic-based subgroups. Amplitude performances were compared across subgroups to determine between-group patterns. Demographic and clinical features (e.g., age, sex, disease duration, selected perceptual speech characteristics, dysarthria severity) were compared across the identified kinematic subgroups. Results: Four main kinematic subgroups with differing amplitude performance profiles were identified. One subgroup exhibited normal to mildly exaggerated or mildly reduced amplitudes and was labeled "preclinical subgroup" ( Conclusion: Findings suggest that the extent to which hypokinesia manifests within the articulatory subsystem can vary in talkers with PD. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine if these subgroups represent different stages of disease progression or distinctly different manifestations of the disease within the articulatory subsystem.

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