NCT03580486

Investigation of the Psychometric Properties of the Squares Test in Measuring Hand Function in Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 107 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The first aim of the present study was to investigate reliability, validity and responsiveness to the minimal clinically important difference, which is defined as the smallest change in score corresponding to clinically meaningful change realized by patient, of the squares test in people with PD. The second aim of the study is to determine the relationship between hand function and both trunk control and balance in PD population.

Detailed description

At baseline, the ST, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), Hoehn and Yahr (H\&Y) Scale, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) was applied to the PS group when the patients were "on" period. The ST was repeated after seven days from the first application when PD group were "on" period to evaluate its reliability.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	The squares test	The squares test (ST) originally used in handedness is modified. The ST is a reliable, not time-consuming and easy to administer test for evaluated hand function.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-19
• Primary completion: 2015-08-17
• Completion: 2015-08-17
• First posted: 2018-07-09
• Last updated: 2018-07-09