Fitts' Tapping Task as a New Test for Cognition and Manual Dexterity in Multiple Sclerosis: Validation Study.

ABSTRACT: Introduction. Studies suggest that people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) experience continuous and subclinical physical worsening, even as early as their disease diagnosis. Validating sensitive and reproducible tests that can capture subclinical disease activity early in the disease are clinically useful and highly warranted. We aimed at validating the utility of Fitts’ Tapping Task (FTT) as reproducible measure of psychomotor performance in pwMS. Materials and Methods. Thirty newly-diagnosed pwMS (within 2 years of diagnosis and Expanded Disability Status Scale; EDSS ≤ 2.0), 30 people with migraine (pwMig), and 30 healthy controls (HCs) underwent a psychomotor assessment using the FTT, O’Connor hand dexterity test, and Visual Reaction Time Test (VRTT). Hand strength was measured using a h

SUBMITTER: Glavor KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9867060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature