Clinical assessment of upper limb impairments and functional capacity in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

 Parkinson's disease (PD) may progressively reduce the upper limb's functionality. Currently, there is no standardized upper limb functional capacity assessment in PD in the rehabilitation field.

Objective

 To identify specific outcome measurements to assess upper limbs in PD and access functional capacity.

Methods

 We systematically reviewed and analyzed the literature in English published from August/2012 to August/2022 according to PRISMA. The following keywords were used in our search: "upper limbs" OR "upper extremity" and "Parkinson's disease." Two researchers searched independently, including studies accordingly to our inclusion and exclusion criteria. Registered at PROSPERO CRD42021254486.

Results

 We found 797 studies, and 50 were included i

SUBMITTER: Capato TTC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10689111 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature