Abstract
This study focused on the difference between pre-morbid and current hand preference of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). A survey instrument comprised items measuring pre-morbid and current hand preference and question related to the side of occurrence of initial symptoms. These questions were administered to 471 PD patients. The results show a significant change of pre-morbid right hand preference toward using the left when the side of PD onset was on the right hand and vice versa. Disease duration does not predict the amount of hand preference shift.
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The authors would like to thank Professor Peter B Jones (Head of Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge) for his comments on the paper. This study was supported by the Czech Science Foundation, grant nr. 406/07/P513, by the Czech Ministry of Education, research projects MSM 0021620864 and MSM 0021620849, and by Internal Grant Agency of Czech Ministry of Health, grant nr. NS10336-3. TJC was supported by a Career Scientist Award from the UK Department of Health, and the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
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Štochl, J., Croudace, T.J., Brožová, H. et al. Changes of hand preference in Parkinson’s disease. J Neural Transm 119, 693–696 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-011-0759-6
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