Measurement Instruments to Assess Functional Mobility in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Functional mobility (FM) is a person's ability to move to accomplish activities of daily living; it bridges the concepts of mobility and functional ability. There is frequently a loss of FM in Parkinson's disease (PD). Several instruments have been used to assess this concept in PD; however, there is no consensus on which are the most appropriate.

Objective

We aimed to identify and critically appraise which measurement instruments have been used to assess FM.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted using the databases CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and PEDro from their inception to January 2019 to identify all observational and experimental studies conducted in PD or atypical parkinsonism that included an FM assessment. Two reviewers independently screened cit

SUBMITTER: Bouca-Machado R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011644 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature