Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Nov 2023)

Clinical assessment of upper limb impairments and functional capacity in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review

  • Tamine T. C. Capato,
  • Rúbia Rodrigues,
  • Rubens G. Cury,
  • Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira,
  • Egberto R. Barbosa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1772769
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 81, no. 11
pp. 1008 – 1015

Abstract

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Background Parkinson's disease (PD) may progressively reduce the upper limb's functionality. Currently, there is no standardized upper limb functional capacity assessment in PD in the rehabilitation field.

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