AUTHOR=Zackrisson Theresa , Bergquist Filip , Holmberg Björn , Johnels Bo , Thorlin Thorleif TITLE=Evaluation of the Objective Posturo-Locomotor-Manual Method in Patients with Parkinsonian Syndromes JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology VOLUME=4 YEAR=2013 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2013.00095 DOI=10.3389/fneur.2013.00095 ISSN=1664-2295 ABSTRACT=
Objective methods for quantifying patients’ movement capacity would be useful in evaluating progression and interventions in neurodegenerative diseases. The Posturo-Locomotor-Manual (PLM) test is a standardized automated movement test developed to measure hypokinetic movements in patients with Parkinsonism. Our hypotheses were that the PLM movement time (MT) correlates with the Unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale (UPDRS III) motor section, and that the components of the PLM test correlate with the corresponding constructed domains of UPDRS III. We also evaluated the coherence between the results of the two assessment methods after a test dose of levodopa (