Our objective was to develop parameters for objective ambulatory measurements of levodopa‐induced dyskinesias (LID) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Twenty‐three PD patients with mild to severe LID were submitted to a standardized protocol of 1‐minute recordings during rest, talking, stress, and four activities of daily life (ADL). Patients were simultaneously monitored with portable multi‐channel accelerometry (four pairs of bi‐axial sensors mounted onto the most affected arm, leg, and at the trunk) and recorded by video. LID severity was assessed with a modified Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (m‐AIMS). The signals were analyzed, and every 1/8‐second interval the amplitude was obtained of the dominant frequency within 1–4 Hz and 4–8 Hz frequency bands (Amp1–4 and Amp4–8). For both measures, convergent validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness were determined. In absence of voluntary movements, a significant relation was found between Amp1–4 and Amp4–8 and m‐AIMS. Repeated measurements during rest showed a high reproducibility (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.90 [Amp1–4] and 0.86[Amp4–8]). The extent to which LID increased with talking and stress correlated significantly (p = 0.02) between the objective and clinical measures (intraclass correlation for differences = 0.67). During ADL, LID occurred in a similar frequency band as voluntary movements and only Amp1–4 and Amp4–8 of the trunk and leg sensor remained highly correlated with m‐AIMS. Although objective measures of LID are reliable and responsive, they fail to distinguish LID from voluntary movements. These measures are of value only when obtained during rest (all sensor sites) or during ADL when derived from those body segments that are normally not involved in these ADL tasks (trunk and leg). Mov. Disord. 16:58–61, 2001. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.
We used ambulatory monitoring to quantify body position, bradykinesia, and hypokinesia simultaneously in 50 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and 43 healthy elderly during the diurnal period. Reliable automatic detection of three defined body positions proved possible. As compared with controls, PD patients spent less time upright and more time during the day lying down, which correlated well with the self-reported time spent lying down. PD patients had significantly lower mean values of extremity acceleration and higher mean values of immobility than controls. The objective measures of bradykinesia and hypokinesia showed only a modest or no relation to the semiquantitative subjective Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) motor scores, which most likely was due to differences between the methods. In contrast to bradykinesia measures, hypokinesia measures showed clear sex differences in both patients and controls. Over time, trunk and arm movements occurred more frequently in women than in men. Our ambulatory monitoring assessment disclosed clinically relevant information about the mobility profile and offers a way to quantify cardinal movement features simultaneously in PD patients throughout the day.
Continuous ambulatory multichannel accelerometry (CAMCA) has recently been validated for the assessment of hypo-and bradykinesia and body position in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study aims to validate CAMCA for the assessment of resting tremor in patients with PD. First, in seven patients with PD with varying degrees of tremor severity, a tremor detection algorithm was developed. Second, 59 patients with PD and 43 age-matched controls were assessed with CAMCA during 24 hours. Duration and intensity of resting tremor, and measures reflecting hypo-and bradykinesia and body position were calculated for the diurnal period. In part 1 of the study, the tremor detection algorithm had a high sensitivity (0.82) and specificity (0.93). Ambulatory monitoring revealed that categories with higher clinical tremor severity had increased objective values for duration and intensity of tremor. Duration and intensity of tremor were correlated with the clinical score for resting tremor (Spearman's rank correlation: 0.66-0.77). Measures for hypo-and bradykinesia differed between patients and controls, but not between groups of patients defined by tremor severity. This study has validated continuous ambulatory multichannel accelerometry for the assessment of tremor in PD, while simultaneously measuring hypo-and bradykinesia and body position.
Because in the literature bradykinesia and hypokinesia are frequently confounded, we assessed the relation between these two fundamental aspects of altered movement and the influence of disease severity on these measures in 41 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and 24 age-matched healthy controls. Bradykinesia was measured with a test microcomputer interfaced with a response-board. Hypokinesia was assessed by activity monitoring at home over a period of 5 successive days. For each subject the choice reaction time and measures reflecting bradykinesia (tap rate, movement time) and hypokinesia (movement index, duration of immobility periods) were calculated. Patients with PD had a normal choice reaction time and a significantly impaired execution of voluntary movement and reduced amount of movement over time. Bradykinesia was clearly present in the less affected patients with PD, and worsened as the disease severity increased. Hypokinesia, however, emerged prominently only in the more affected patients. There was a striking lack of relation between the measures that reflect bradykinesia and hypokinesia. The use of levodopa or dopamine agonists did not confound these findings. Our findings show the very different character and course of two tiers of altered movement in patients with PD and question the causative mechanisms of both motor features in PD. A more precise use of the terms brady- and hypokinesia is a prerequisite for future studies that attempt to provide insight in the causative mechanisms of both motor features.
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