Floating door sign does not differentiate Parkinson’s disease from essential tremor

Valtteri Räty; Mikael Eklund; Simo Nuuttila; Elina Jaakkola; Elina Mäkinen; Kirsi Murtomäki; Tanja Nojonen; Reeta Levo; Tuomas Mertsalmi; Juho Joutsa; Filip Scheperjans; Valtteri Kaasinen

Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders (Jan 2023)

Floating door sign does not differentiate Parkinson’s disease from essential tremor

Valtteri Räty,
Mikael Eklund,
Simo Nuuttila,
Elina Jaakkola,
Elina Mäkinen,
Kirsi Murtomäki,
Tanja Nojonen,
Reeta Levo,
Tuomas Mertsalmi,
Juho Joutsa,
Filip Scheperjans,
Valtteri Kaasinen

Affiliations

Valtteri Räty: Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Mikael Eklund: Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Simo Nuuttila: Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Elina Jaakkola: Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Elina Mäkinen: Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Kirsi Murtomäki: Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Tanja Nojonen: Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Reeta Levo: Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Tuomas Mertsalmi: Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Juho Joutsa: Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Filip Scheperjans: Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, and Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Valtteri Kaasinen: Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
p. 100184

Abstract

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Diagnostic usefulness of the floating door sign was tested in 144 PD patients, 41 essential tremor patients and 38 controls. There were no differences in the presence of floating door sign between PD and ET patients. The sign does not seem to be a reliable differential diagnostic tool.

Published in Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

ISSN: 2590-1125 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/clinical-parkinsonism-and-related-disorders

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