Exploring the ability of strength and dexterity tests to detect hand function impairment in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Cintia C G Alonso Paulo B de Freitas Raquel S Pires Dalton L De Oliveira Sandra Maria Sbeghen Ferreira de Freitas

Published in: Physiotherapy theory and practice (2021)

was highly discriminative of the hand function impairments in PD. TwoJTHFT subtests were the most sensitives to distinguish PD stages (i.e. simulated feeding JTHFT subtest) and disease progression (i.e. moving small, common objects JTHFT subtest).

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