Novel nut and bolt task quantifies motor deficits in premanifest and manifest Huntington’s disease
Abstract
Background: We investigated the use of a simple novel nut and bolt task in premanifest and manifest Huntington’s disease (HD) patients to detect and quantify motor impairments at all stages of thedisease. Methods: Premanifest HD (n=24), manifest HD (n=27) and control (n=32) participants were asked to screw a nut onto a bolt in one direction, using three different sized bolts with their left and right hand in turn. Results: We identified some impairments at all stages of HD and in the premanifest individuals, deficits in the non-dominant hand correlated with disease burden scores. Conclusion: This simple, cheap motor task was able to detect motor impairments in both premanifest and manifest HD and as such might be a useful quantifiable measure of motor function for use in clinical studies. © 2015, Public Library of Science. All Rights Reserved.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2015
Publisher
Public Library of Science
School
School of Medical Sciences
RAS ID
20845
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Collins, L. M., Begeti, F., Panin, F., Lazar, A. S., Cruickshank, T., Ziman, M., ... & Barker, R. A. (2015). Novel Nut and Bolt Task Quantifies Motor Deficits in Premanifest and Manifest Huntington’s Disease. PLoS currents,7. https://currents.plos.org/hd/article/novel-nut-and-bolt-task-quantifies-motor-deficits-in-premanifest-and-manifest-huntingtons-disease/