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The assessment of functional ability in patients with Parkinson's disease: the PLM-test and three clinical tests
S M Kokko1, J Paltamaa, E Ahola
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
Abstract:
This study assesses functional ability of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients by means of an objective movement analysis (the PLM-test) and three clinical tests. The correlation between the tests was also studied. The main object of this study was to detect and measure relevant disabilities in Parkinson's disease to obtain a clinical test battery.