Measurements of Hand Function in Degenerative Cerebellar Disease: A Case-Control Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to determine the association of Nine Hole Peg Test, Box and Block Test, Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test, and kinematic measures of a simple reaching task with ataxia severity in adults with degenerative cerebellar disease.

Design

Fourteen adults with cerebellar degeneration were recruited, and ataxia severity was determined using the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia. The median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia score was used to divide participants into less and more severe ataxia groups. The two groups' average scores on the hand function tests were compared, and correlation of each test with ataxia severity was determined.

Results

The Nine Hole Peg Test, Box and Block Test, and Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function

SUBMITTER: Barbuto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483965 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature