Parkinson's disease functional movement battery a comprehensive test set to evaluate of motor abilities in persons with Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT: Clinicians require quantitative measures of functional movement to inform care decisions for persons with Parkinson's disease (PWPs). To address this need, we developed the Parkinson's Disease-Functional Movement Battery (PD-FUNC), which includes valid items from existing assessments and evaluates five key areas from the MDS-UPDRS-III: manual dexterity, functional strength, locomotion, static balance, and activities of daily living. This study assessed the PD-FUNC's ability to distinguish between PWPs and healthy controls based on effect sizes and analyzed differences according to disease progression using years since diagnosis and MDS-UPDRS-III scores, as well as Hoehn & Yahr (H&Y) stages. The test was administered to 81 PD patients (H&Y stages 1-3) and 81 age-matched controls. All items,

SUBMITTER: Smits-Engelsman B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11978789 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature