The BRadykinesia Akinesia INcoordination (BRAIN) Tap Test: Capturing the Sequence Effect.

Parkinson's disease ambulatory monitoring digital health hypokinesia objective measures

Journal

Movement disorders clinical practice
ISSN: 2330-1619
Titre abrégé: Mov Disord Clin Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101630279

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2019
Historique:
received: 08 01 2019
revised: 05 05 2019
accepted: 18 05 2019
entrez: 9 8 2019
pubmed: 9 8 2019
medline: 9 8 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The BRadykinesia Akinesia INcoordination (BRAIN) tap test is an online keyboard tapping task that has been previously validated to assess upper limb motor function in Parkinson's disease (PD). To develop a new parameter that detects a sequence effect and to reliably distinguish between PD patients The BRAIN test scores in 61 patients with PD and 93 healthy controls were compared. A range of established parameters captured number and accuracy of alternate taps. The new velocity score recorded the intertap speed. Decrement in the velocity score was used as a marker for the sequence effect. In the validation phase, 19 PD patients and 19 controls were tested using different hardware including mobile devices. Quantified slopes from the velocity score demonstrated bradykinesia (sequence effect) in PD patients (slope cut-off -0.002) with 58% sensitivity and 81% specificity (discovery phase of the study) and 65% sensitivity and 88% specificity (validation phase). All BRAIN test parameters differentiated between The BRAIN tap test is a simple, user-friendly, and free-to-use tool for the assessment of upper limb motor dysfunction in PD, which now includes a measure of bradykinesia.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The BRadykinesia Akinesia INcoordination (BRAIN) tap test is an online keyboard tapping task that has been previously validated to assess upper limb motor function in Parkinson's disease (PD).
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
To develop a new parameter that detects a sequence effect and to reliably distinguish between PD patients
METHODS METHODS
The BRAIN test scores in 61 patients with PD and 93 healthy controls were compared. A range of established parameters captured number and accuracy of alternate taps. The new velocity score recorded the intertap speed. Decrement in the velocity score was used as a marker for the sequence effect. In the validation phase, 19 PD patients and 19 controls were tested using different hardware including mobile devices.
RESULTS RESULTS
Quantified slopes from the velocity score demonstrated bradykinesia (sequence effect) in PD patients (slope cut-off -0.002) with 58% sensitivity and 81% specificity (discovery phase of the study) and 65% sensitivity and 88% specificity (validation phase). All BRAIN test parameters differentiated between
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The BRAIN tap test is a simple, user-friendly, and free-to-use tool for the assessment of upper limb motor dysfunction in PD, which now includes a measure of bradykinesia.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31392247
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12798
pii: MDC312798
pmc: PMC6660282
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

462-469

Subventions

Organisme : Parkinson's UK
ID : F-1201
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Parkinson's UK
ID : G-1606
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/L023784/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/L023784/2
Pays : United Kingdom

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The work presented here had no specific funding, but the Preventive Neurology Unit is funded by the Barts Charity and the Exenatide PD study was funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Cure Parkinson's Trust. A.J.N. was funded by Parkinson's UK at the time the data were collected and M.B. by the Reta Lila Weston Trust. B.H. and B.J. are directors of uMotif Limited. H.H., M.B., D.S.A., T.W., T.F., G.G., A.J.L., and A.J.N. report no relevant disclosures or conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Hasan Hasan (H)

Institute of Neurology Queen Square University College London, London UK.

Maggie Burrows (M)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences Institute of Neurology Queen Square, University College London, London UK.
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies Institute of Neurology, University College London London UK.

Dilan S Athauda (DS)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences Institute of Neurology Queen Square, University College London, London UK.
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London UK.

Bruce Hellman (B)

uMotif Ltd London UK.

Ben James (B)

uMotif Ltd London UK.

Thomas Warner (T)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences Institute of Neurology Queen Square, University College London, London UK.
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies Institute of Neurology, University College London London UK.

Thomas Foltynie (T)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences Institute of Neurology Queen Square, University College London, London UK.
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London UK.

Gavin Giovannoni (G)

Blizard Institute Queen Mary University London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry London UK.
Preventive Neurology Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London London UK.

Andrew J Lees (AJ)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences Institute of Neurology Queen Square, University College London, London UK.
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies Institute of Neurology, University College London London UK.

Alastair J Noyce (AJ)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences Institute of Neurology Queen Square, University College London, London UK.
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies Institute of Neurology, University College London London UK.
Blizard Institute Queen Mary University London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry London UK.

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