Psychometric properties of clock and pelvic drawings in Parkinson's disease: A validity and cross-sectional study.
Amit AbrahamGene N WrightMargaret W MorrisonAriel HartRuth DicksteinMadeleine E HackneyPublished in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2019)
Measuring pelvic drawing dimensions, and specifically pelvic drawing width, holds potential as an adjunct diagnostic measure in PD assessments and for detecting pelvic schema deficits or misperceptions. This test can be used by physical therapists in the clinic for assessing disease severity, stage, and pelvic schema in people with PD. The knowledge gained from this study contributes to a greater understanding of graphic-metric representation and associated deficits in people with PD. Future studies should explore the relationship between pelvic drawing dimensions and pelvic mentally imaged estimates, and their role in motor planning, control, and execution in people with PD.