Slower saccadic reading in Parkinson’s disease
Jehangir N, Yu CY, Song J, Shariati MA, Binder S, Beyer J, Santini V, Poston K, Liao YJ. Slower saccadic reading in Parkinson’s disease. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0191005. PMID: 29364897, PMCID: PMC5783375, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnified Parkinson's Disease Rating ScaleDuration of diseasePD patientsDisease Rating ScaleParkinson's diseaseQuality of lifeConvergence insufficiencyVisual Functioning Questionnaire-25Parkinson's Disease Rating ScaleDegeneration of dopaminergicVFQ-25 scoresMontreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) testAbnormal eye movementsNon-motor deficitsIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseNational Eye InstituteAge-matched controlsKing-Devick testCognitive Assessment testEye InstituteMoCA scoresPatientsControl groupClinical settingMotor difficulties