Motor performance: normative data, age dependence and handedness

Quantitative, apparatus-based assessment of motor performance is a useful tool when addressing questions of therapy evaluation, quality control and early detection of movement disorders. Until now, few such methods have been sufficiently standardised to allow their routine employment in the clinic....

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Published in:Journal of Neural Transmission 2000-01, Vol.107 (1), p.73-85
Main Authors: Kraus, P H, Przuntek, H, Kegelmann, A, Klotz, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging - physiology
Algorithms
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
Female
Functional Laterality - physiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Movement Disorders - diagnosis
Neuropsychological Tests
Parkinson Disease - diagnosis
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Reference Values
Sex Factors
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Summary:Quantitative, apparatus-based assessment of motor performance is a useful tool when addressing questions of therapy evaluation, quality control and early detection of movement disorders. Until now, few such methods have been sufficiently standardised to allow their routine employment in the clinic. Before assessing the impaired performance of patients, the first stage of standardisation is the determination of criteria of normal performance in healthy subjects. We have standardised a multidimensional test battery for motor performance of the upper extremities (Schoppe's "motorische Leistungs-Serie" = MLS). On the basis of the performance of 80 healthy controls, normative algorithms which allow correction of performance with reference to age were calculated. Further, our investigation provided information concerning the complexity of normal motor performance and the question of laterality (handedness). Standardised apparatus-based quantification of performance promises to be a valuable supplement to rating scales in the evaluation of patient motor skills, particularly in the early stages of their illness.
ISSN:0300-9564
1435-1463
DOI:10.1007/s007020050006