Timed Up and Go Test and the Risk of Parkinson's Disease: A Nation‐wide Retrospective Cohort Study

Background If mild parkinsonian signs can be a marker for Parkinson's disease (PD) development, an impaired Timed Up and Go test (TUG) should also be a marker for prodromal PD. Objectives To investigate whether the Timed Up and Go test is associated with PD. Methods We included 1,196,614 partic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Movement disorders 2020-07, Vol.35 (7), p.1263-1267
Hauptverfasser: Yoo, Jung Eun, Jang, Wooyoung, Shin, Dong Wook, Jeong, Su‐Min, Jung, Hee‐Won, Youn, Jinyoung, Han, Kyungdo, Kim, Bongseong
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Zusammenfassung:Background If mild parkinsonian signs can be a marker for Parkinson's disease (PD) development, an impaired Timed Up and Go test (TUG) should also be a marker for prodromal PD. Objectives To investigate whether the Timed Up and Go test is associated with PD. Methods We included 1,196,614 participants at 66 years of age who underwent the National Screening Program for Transitional Ages for Koreans between 2009 and 2014. Timed Up and Go test times were classified into
ISSN:0885-3185
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DOI:10.1002/mds.28055