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Impairment in bilateral alternating movements in Parkinson's disease?

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Jones, DL and Phillips, JG and Bradshaw, JL and Iansek, R and Bradshaw, JA, Impairment in bilateral alternating movements in Parkinson's disease?, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 55, (6) pp. 503-6. ISSN 0022-3050 (1992) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]


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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.55.6.503

Abstract

Although problems in bilateral simultaneous movements in Parkinson's disease (PD) are well known, such deficits have not been reported to be any more impaired than simultaneous movements within the same limb. This is surprising, since (a) the parallels between supplementary motor area (SMA) damage and PD are well documented and (b) the SMA seems to play a special role in bilateral motor control. Bilateral versus unilateral movements in PD were examined by using a task that compared alternating movements of fingers of the same hand with alternating movements of fingers of the opposite hands. PD patients showed particular problems in programming and transferring motor activity to fingers on the opposite side of the body, as opposed to switching motor activity between fingers on the same side of the body. These findings outline the relevance of SMA dysfunction to PD.

Item Details

Item Type:Contribution to Refereed Journal
Keywords:bilateral alternating movements, Parkinson's disease
Research Division:Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Research Group:Neurosciences
Research Field:Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Objective Division:Health
Objective Group:Clinical health
Objective Field:Clinical health not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:Jones, DL (Dr Dean Jones)
ID Code:96741
Year Published:1992
Deposited By:Medicine
Deposited On:2014-11-18
Last Modified:2019-08-28
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