Michaela Francis, Alexandra Zirra, Tahrina Haque, David Gallagher, Caroline Budu, Andrew J Lees, Anette Schrag, Alastair J Noyce, Cristina Simonet
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Rapid Voluntary Blinking as a Clinical Marker of Parkinson's Disease.
Reduced spontaneous blinking is a recognized Parkinson's disease (PD) feature. In contrast, voluntary blinking has been less studied and might serve as a measurable marker of facial bradykinesia. We tested 31 PD patients and 31 controls. Participants were filmed during conversation and a rapid blinking task. Both tasks were videorecorded to count the number of blinks per second. PD patients had lower blink rates. Rapid blinking accurately discriminated between groups with 77% sensitivity and 71% specificity. To conclude, rapid blinking may be a simple and quantifiable task of facial bradykinesia.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Parkinson''s Disease (JPD) publishes original research in basic science, translational research and clinical medicine in Parkinson’s disease in cooperation with the Journal of Alzheimer''s Disease. It features a first class Editorial Board and provides rigorous peer review and rapid online publication.