Identifying Subtle Motor Deficits Before Parkinson's Disease is Diagnosed : What to Look for?

Motor deficits typical of Parkinson's disease (PD), such as gait and balance disturbances, tremor, reduced arm swing and finger movement, and voice and breathing changes, are believed to manifest several years prior to clinical diagnosis. Here we describe the evidence for the presence and progression of motor deficits in this pre-diagnostic phase in order to provide suggestions for the design of future observational studies for an effective, quantitatively oriented investigation. On the one hand, these future studies must detect these motor deficits in as large (potentially, population-based) cohorts as possible with high sensitivity and specificity. On the other hand, they must describe the progression of these motor deficits in the pre-diagnostic phase as accurately as possible, to support the testing of the effect of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Digital technologies and artificial intelligence can substantially accelerate this process.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Journal of Parkinson's disease - (2024) vom: 15. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Maetzler, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Mirelman, Anat [VerfasserIn]
Pilotto, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Bhidayasiri, Roongroj [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Artificial intelligence
Digital technology
Identification
Journal Article
Motor markers
Prodromal Parkinson’s disease
Progression
Review

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Date Revised 16.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.3233/JPD-230350

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368536890