Finger tapping and verbal fluency post-tap test improvement in INPH: its value in differential diagnosis and shunt-treatment outcomes prognosis.
Evangelia LioutaStylianos GatzonisTheodosis KalamatianosAristotelis KalyvasChristos KoutsarnakisFaidon LiakosChristos AnagnostopoulosSpyridon KomaitisDimitris GiakoumettisGeorge StranjalisPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2017)
Post-LP amelioration of verbal fluency and finger tapping deficits can differentiate INPH from similar disorders and predict positive post-shunt clinical outcome in INPH. This becomes of great importance when gait assessment is difficult to perform in clinical practice.