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Can a Screening Questionnaire Accurately Identify Mild Parkinsonian Signs

Author(s) -

Nabila Dahodwala,

Lee Kubersky,

Andrew Siderowf

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000341409

Subject(s) - medicine , disease , rating scale , test (biology) , parkinson's disease , physical therapy , psychology , paleontology , developmental psychology , biology

Mild parkinsonian signs (MPS) are early features that, when present, increase the risk of neurodegenerative disease and mortality. Current methods to identify MPS are limited to neurological examination. Our objective was to assess the ability of a 9-item Parkinson's Disease Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ), which has high sensitivity in the detection of overt Parkinson's disease (PD), to detect MPS.

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