title: The assessment of functional ability in patients with Parkinson's disease: the PLM-test and three clinical tests.
abstract: This study assesses functional ability of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients by means of an objective movement analysis (the PLM-test) and three clinical tests. The correlation between the tests was also studied. The main object of this study was to detect and measure relevant disabilities in Parkinson's disease to obtain a clinical test battery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kokko
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paltamaa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahola
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mälkiä
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D004856:Postural Balance; D011187:Posture; D011597:Psychomotor Performance