The Impact of Parkinson’s Disease on General and Specific Motor Aptitudes: A Study of Older Brazilian Adults

Author:

Andreis Lucia M.1ORCID,Mariano Marilia2,Silva Lorenna W. L.1,Bianco Claudia D.3,Rosa Neto Francisco1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Human Movement Sciences, Santa Catarina State University, Florianópolis, Brazil

2. Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

3. Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Abstract

This study investigated motor aptitude in older adults with and without Parkinson's disease (PD) to further specify known motor-related changes of PD. We divided 671 older adults (23.5% male; Mage = 69.6, SD = 6.6 years) into a Parkinson's Disease Group (PDG) and a non-Parkinson's Disease Group (NPG) and assessed their general motor aptitude (GMA) and their specific motor aptitudes (in Coordinative, Proprioceptive, and Perceptive domains) using the Motor Scale for Older Adults. We used the chi-squared tests and logistic regression to identify and affirm an associations between PD and motor aptitude, we found that most adults without PD showed normal motor aptitude (GMA: 80.7%; Proprioceptive: 82.3%; Perceptive: 81.4%) except for the Coordinative skills, for which 56.4% of these participants had motor impairment. Most partipants with PD showed motor impairments (GMA: 94.7%; Coordinative: 97.4%; Proprioceptive: 97.4%), except in the Perceptive domain, for which 68.4% of participants with PD showed normal aptitude. There were significant associations between PD and GMA (OR = 127.6), Coordinative motor skills (OR = 48.0), and Proprioceptive skills (OR = 204.4), even after the model was adjusted for gender and age. Our use of the Motor Scale for Older Adults in contrasting groups of older Brazilian adults provides further specificity to the motor aptitude characteristics of older adults with PD.

Funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Sensory Systems,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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