Inter-rater reliability of hand motor function assessment in Parkinson's disease: Impact of clinician training.

ABSTRACT: Medication adjustments in Parkinson's disease (PD) are driven by patient subjective report and clinicians' rating of motor feature severity (such as bradykinesia and tremor).

Objective

As patients may be seen by different clinicians at different visits, this study aims to determine the inter-rater reliability of upper limb motor function assessment among clinicians treating people with PD (PwPD).

Methods

PwPD performed six standardised hand movements from the Movement Disorder Society's Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), while two cameras simultaneously recorded. Eight clinicians independently rated tremor and bradykinesia severity using a visual analogue scale. We compared intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) before and after a training/calibration ses

SUBMITTER: Kenny L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11566327 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature