Abstract

COBAS RODRIGUEZ, Manuel Iván et al. Application of typing test in Parkinson's disease . Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2007, vol.26, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3011.

Diagnostic tests as the reiterated typing test at time intervals of 1 minute were made to corroborate the presence of alterations in the dopamine via. When this test is made in a conventional computer, there may be errors as the overregister that would alter its results. That's why, a computer program was proposed to guarantee the correct execution and the adequate processing of the results. To demonstrate the diagnostic capacity of of this program, 30 sound subjects and 30 parkinsonian patients without medication and after the administration of levodopa had the test. It was confirmed that the motor response in the typing test was significantly lower in parkinsonian patients compared with controls, in both hands, and that after administering levodopa to the patients, the change speed in the stages of the typing test increased. It was considered that the typing test allows an objective assessment of the functionality of the dopamine via in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Keywords : Typing test; Parkinson.

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