Handwriting Rehabilitation in Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 586-591, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the utility of handwriting rehabilitation (HR) in Parkinson disease (PD) patients who experienced difficulties with handwriting and signing.METHODS:
Sixty PD patients were prospectively studied with graphological evaluations. Thirty PD patients were assigned to HR for 9 weeks. At the end of this training, all patients were evaluated again and results of basal vs. final evaluations were compared.RESULTS:
At final evaluation, the group assigned to HR showed significantly larger amplitude of the first 'e' in the phrase, larger signature surface area, and superior margin. A trend of increase in letter size was also observed. Handwriting with progressively decreasing size of letters and ascending direction with respect to the horizontal were prominent findings in both groups of patients and they did not change after HR.CONCLUSION:
Rehabilitation programs for handwriting problems in PD patients are likely to be helpful. Larger randomized studies are needed to confirm these results.
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Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de Parkinson
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Rehabilitación
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Proyectos Piloto
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Estudios Prospectivos
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Escritura Manual
Tipo de estudio:
Ensayo Clínico Controlado
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Estudio observacional
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Año:
2015
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