Comparison of binocular vision indices in Parkinson's disease patients vs age-sex-matched healthy controls.

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To evaluate the differences in near point of convergence (NPC), fusional vergence, saccadic eye movements, versional eye movements, and heterophoria between patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) and healthy subjects. A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted, enrolling two cohorts: a PD group and a healthy control group. The PD group was recruited via non-random convenience sampling, while the control group was selected randomly from individuals without PD. All participants were screened according to predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria before undergoing a comprehensive optometric assessment, which included measurements of uncorrected visual acuity, corrected visual acuity, and objective and subjective refraction. Subsequently, binocular vision function evaluations were performed, covering NPC measurement, fusional vergence reserve assessment at both distance and near, saccadic eye movement testing, and versional eye movement and heterophoria assessment. A total of 42 PD patients and 41 healthy controls were included in the final analysis. The two groups were well-matched in terms of sex distribution [29 males (69.0%) in the PD group vs 29 males (70.7%) in the control group, P=0.867] and mean age (55.3±9.6y in the PD group vs 54.9±9.8y in the control group, P=0.866). The prevalence of abnormal versional eye movements was significantly higher in the PD group than in the control group (23.81%, 95%CI: 12.05%-39.45% vs 7.32%, 95%CI: 1.54%-19.92%; P=0.025). Near exophoria was more prevalent in PD patients (61.90%, 95%CI: 45.64%-76.43%) than in controls (17.07%, 95%CI: 7.15%-32.06%), with a significant difference [odds ratio (OR)=7.99; 95%CI: 2.83-21.99; P<0.001]. The mean NPC was significantly greater (more receded) in the PD group than in the control group (9.01±3.74 cm vs 7.20±2.15 cm; P=0.007). A statistically significant positive correlation was observed between PD severity and NPC values (Pearson's correlation coefficient=0.309; P=0.046). Except for distance base-out break and distance base-out recovery values, all other fusional vergence parameters were significantly lower in the PD group than in the control group (P<0.05). The mean saccadic test score was significantly lower in PD patients than in controls (3.29±0.57 vs 3.78±0.42; P<0.001). Among all fusional vergence indices, near base-in blur yielded the highest area under the curve (AUC=0.877), with a sensitivity of 69% and specificity of 90%, followed by distance base-out blur (AUC=0.824, sensitivity=97.6%, specificity=66.7%), near base-out blur (AUC=0.814, sensitivity=76.2%, specificity=72.7%), near base-out break (AUC=0.749, sensitivity=78.6%, specificity=67.6%), and near base-out recovery (AUC=0.749, sensitivity=95.2%, specificity=50%). PD is associated with significant binocular vision function impairment, with receded NPC and reduced near fusional vergence reserves being the most prominent disorders. These findings highlight the potential value of binocular vision assessment as a non-invasive biomarker for the early detection and clinical monitoring of PD.

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To assess eye movements and binocular function in 14-year-olds with very low birthweight (VLBW: birthweight </= 1500 g) and 14-year-olds born at term but small for gestational age (SGA: birthweight < 10th percentile) in a population-based study. Ophthalmological examinations including measurements of heterophoria/tropia, near point of convergence, accommodative amplitude, stereopsis, nystagmus, saccades and smooth pursuit were performed in 51 adolescents with VLBW, 58 adolescents born SGA and in a control group consisting of 75 subjects of the same age. Latent or manifest strabismus, poor stereopsis, poor convergence and nystagmus were all more frequent in the VLBW group than in the control group. The VLBW group did not differ from the control group regarding accommodative amplitude or saccades and smooth pursuit. The SGA population did not differ from the control group in the measured variables. Premature birth with VLBW affects binocular visual functions negatively in adolescence, whereas birth small for date at term does not appear to be a risk factor for impaired eye movements and binocular function.

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Study on objective sleep disturbances in patients with Parkinson’s disease
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  • Kang-Ping Xiong + 8 more

Objective To investigate the characteristics of the objective sleep disturbances in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and the factors related to it. Methods One hundred and one PD patients and 90 age- and sex- matched controls underwent a video-polysomnography. The sleep parameters and its related factors in two groups were analyzed. Results Sleep latency was not statistically different in comparing two groups. PD patients had a higher percentage of non-rapid eye movement(non-REM)sleep stage 1 and a lower percentage of non-REM sleep stage 2 compared with controls(27.9±17.8 vs 21.2±11.7,t=3.034, P=0.003;47.8±17.4 vs 54.7±12.9,t=-3.043, P=0.003). Reduced sleep efficiency, decreased the proportion of slow wave sleep and REM sleep, increased awake time and longer REM sleep latency occurred in PD patients. There were no significant differences of these above parameters. Some sleep parameters in PD patients were correlated with advancing age, the severity of PD, and the degree of depression. The index of periodic leg movements in sleep (PLMSI) of 41 PD patients (40.6%) was more than 15. These PD patients didn’t complain corresponding symptoms about their legs. The PLMSI in PD patients were significantly higher than the controls. PLMSI increased with aging in the PD group(r=0.261,P<0.01). PD patients didn’t suffer significantly lower apnea- hypopnea index and oxygen desaturation index. The lowest SPO2(L-SPO2)increased in the PD group. REM sleep without atonia occurred in 83 patients (82.2%)with PD.Thirty-eight patients (37.6%) were diagnosed with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). The incidences of REM without atonia and RBD in the PD group were significantly higher than in the controls(0 and 8 patients (8.9%), χ2=42.271,102.480; both P<0.01). Conclusions The sleep parameters in PD patients are changed.For PD patients, there is no difficulty in falling asleep. The PD patients also have sleep structure disorder and difficulty in maintaining sleep. The sleep parameters are correlated with advancing age, the severity of PD, and the degree of depression in PD. PLMS don’t lead to sleep disturbances in PD patients. The blood oxygen saturation don’t decrease severely when PD patients suffer apnea or hypopnea. RBD occur more frequently in PD patients.

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24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure alterations in patients with Parkinson's disease
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ObjectsAbnormal blood pressure (BP) regulation is a feature of autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. The present study was to analyze the BP alterations by 24‐h ambulatory BP monitoring in PD patients with different disease stages and subtypes.Methods32 consecutive patients PD patients and 43 control patients in our hospital from 2017 to 2020 were included. The circadian BP rhythm was divided into three types according to the 24‐h ambulatory BP monitoring. Dipping was defined as an average systolic BP (SBP) reduction during night‐time of 10%–19%. Reverse dipping was defined as an average increase in night‐time SBP values. The differences of the circadian BP rhythm and BP variability (BPV) were analyzed between PD group and the control group, the early PD group and the advanced PD group, as well as the tremor‐dominant group and the nontremor‐dominant group.ResultsThere was statistical difference in circadian BP rhythm between PD group and control group (p < .05). There were statistical differences in circadian BP rhythm between the early PD group and the advanced PD group (p < .05). The mean values of night‐time SBP and diastolic BP (DBP) in the advanced PD group were higher than those in the control group and the early PD group (p < .05). The DBP CV in the advanced PD group was higher than that in the control group and the early PD group (p < .05). There was no significant difference of circadian BP rhythm, mean BP, and BPV between the tremor‐dominant and the nontremor‐dominant PD group after matching the disease duration.ConclusionsReverse dipping was more common in PD patients in this study, especially in the advanced PD patients. 24‐h ambulatory BP monitoring is an important method to evaluate the BP alterations in PD patients. Clinicians should be alert to reverse dipping in PD patients and intervene to prevent serious clinical events.

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The relevance of ABCA1 R219K polymorphisms and serum ABCA1 protein concentration to Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis and classification: a case–control study
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To investigate the relevance of ABCA1 R219K polymorphisms and serum ABCA1 protein concentration to Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathogenesis and classification in Chinese population. Between June 2013 to January 2014, 108 patients diagnosed with PD at Department of Neurology, Tangshan People’s Hospital, Tangshan were enrolled in the PD group, and 123 healthy individuals, from Health Screening Center of the same hospital, with matched age, gender, and education were enrolled in the control group. Polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism method was used to detect ABCA1 R219K polymorphisms and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay used to measure serum ABCA1 concentrations. Frequencies of R/K and K/K genotypes, and K allele of ABCA1 R219K polymorphisms were significantly lower in the PD group than the control group (all P < 0.05). Significant differences existed in distributions of genotype frequencies, including R/R, R/K and K/K, between PD and control group of each classification (all P < 0.05). ABCA1 concentrations were significantly different in the PD and control group (P < 0.05); also ABCA1 concentrations were very different among PD patients with different genotypes (all P < 0.05). Serum concentrations of ABCA1were significantly different among PD patients in different classifications (all P < 0.05), suggesting the negative correlation between ABCA1 serum concentration and PD classification (r = −0.776, P < 0.05). And serum concentrations of ABCA1 showed obvious differences among cases with three different genotypes in each classification (all P < 0.05). ABCA1 R219K polymorphisms and serum concentration were associated with pathogenesis and classification of PD, and K allele may be a protective genetic factor.

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Objective To observe the macular retinal thickness and volume in patients with different degrees of Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods Thirty eyes of 30 patients with primary PD and 20 eyes of 20 healthy subjects (control group) in Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University from October 2016 to October 2017 were enrolled in this study. There were 17 males and 13 females, with the mean age of 63.2±6.4 years and disease course of 3.9±2.4 years. The patients were divided into mild to moderate PD group (15 eyes of 15 patients) and severe PD group (15 eyes of 15 patients). The macular area was automatically divided into 3 concentric circles by software, which were foveal area with a diameter of 1 mm (inner ring), middle ring of 1 to 3 mm, and outer ring of 3 to 6 mm. The middle and outer ring were divided into 4 quadrants by 2 radiations, respectively. The changes of retinal thickness and macular volume of the macular center and its surrounding quadrants were analyzed. SPSS 16.0 software was used for statistical analysis. One-way ANOVA were used to analyze all data. Results Compared with the control group, the retinal thickness and volume in macular center and each quadrant of the mild to moderate PD group and severe PD group were reduced. Compared with the mild to moderate PD group, the retinal thickness and volume in macular center and each quadrant of the severe PD group were reduced. The differences of retinal thickness and macular volume among 3 groups were significant(F=5.794, 5.221, 5.586, 5.302, 5.926, 5.319, 5.404, 5.261, 5.603; P=0.001, 0.007, 0.003, 0.005, 0.000, 0.004,0.004, 0.006, 0.002). In inner ring of the mild to moderate PD group and the severe PD group, the retinal thickness and macular volume in the upper and the nasal were the largest, the inferior was followed, and the temporal was the smallest. In outer ring of the mild to moderate PD group and the severe PD group, the retinal thickness and macular volume in the nasal was the largest, the upper was the second, the temporal and the inferior were the smallest. Conclusions The retinal thickness and volume of the macular central fovea and its surrounding areas in PD patients are significantly thinner than that in the healthy subjects. And with the increase of the severity of PD, the macular structure changes obviously, showing macular center and its surrounding macular degeneration thin, macular volume reduced. Key words: Parkinson disease; Macula lutea/pathology; Retina/physiopathology; Tomography, optical coherence/utilization

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Strabismus and Near Point of Convergence and Amblyopia in 4–6 Year-Old Children
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Stability of reach-to-grasp movement patterns in Parkinson's disease.
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The performance of patients with Parkinson's disease on two reach-to-grasp tasks was compared with that of age-matched control subjects. The aim of the study was to determine whether Parkinson's disease patients have problems coordinating concurrently executed tasks within the same system of effectors in a natural context and whether such problems would be exacerbated by increases in task difficulty. We examined how subjects concurrently executed the transport and grasp components of reach-to-grasp movements in the presence of two types of change in task demands: (i) increases in demands for accurate digit pad placement and (ii) use of two reach-to-grasp tasks, i.e. the standard unimanual task and a bimanual task which increased the control and coordination demands relative to the unimanual task. If Parkinson's disease patients have coordination problems they should demonstrate increased impairment with increasing accuracy demands and in the bimanual task; any such differences should be absent or much smaller in the control group. The Parkinson's disease group showed substantial impairments in all conditions, moving about 30% slower than the control group, with much increased jerking and with signs of difficulty controlling the speed of movement. However, there were no consistent indications that the Parkinson's disease group were differentially impaired on the bimanual task nor that movement deficits increased with increasing accuracy requirements. Grasp and transport components were coordinated similarly by Parkinson's disease and control groups in both reach-to-grasp tasks, and the Parkinson's disease group co-ordinated the two limbs in the bimanual task effectively and in a fashion similar to that of the control group. These results are interpreted to mean that higher levels (effector-independent levels) of motor programming are preserved in Parkinson's disease and that execution of a motor programme need not be compromised by increasing the number of muscle-/joint-level degrees of freedom which are used.

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  • Chin J Neurol
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Near Point of Convergence in Iranian Schoolchildren: Normative Values and Associated Factors
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  • Hassan Hashemi + 5 more

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Is Parkinson's Disease Associated with Increased Mortality, Poorer Outcomes Scores, and Revision Risk After THA? Findings from the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register.
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  • Alex Leigh Wojtowicz + 5 more

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The Value of Sacral Reflex and Sympathetic Skin Reflex in the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy P-Type
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  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Xiaohang Li + 6 more

Objectives To observe the characteristics of sacral reflex and sympathetic skin reflex in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy P-type (MSA-P) and to analyze their value as a differential diagnostic method. Methods The data of 30 healthy people, 58 PD patients, and 52 MSA-P patients from the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University were collected. Electrophysiological bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) and sympathetic skin response (SSR) were evaluated using the Keypoint EMG/EP system. The latency period, amplitude, and extraction rate of BCR and SSR were compared between the control, PD, and MSA-P groups. Results The incidence of the related autonomic damage in the PD group was lower than that of the MSA-P group. For BCR, the latency period was shorter and the amplitude and elicitation rates were lower in the PD group than in the MSA-P group. For SSR, the latency period was longer in the MSA-P and PD groups than in the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusion SSR cannot be used to assess autonomic nerve function. PD patients can have clinical symptoms similar to those of MSA-P patients, but the incidence is lower. Both MSA-P and PD patients have a damage to the BCR arc, but the MSA-P patients have a more severe damage.

  • Research Article
  • Cite Count Icon 51
  • 10.1111/cxo.12471
The distribution of near point of convergence and its association with age, gender and refractive error: a population‐based study
  • May 1, 2017
  • Clinical and Experimental Optometry
  • Hadi Ostadimoghaddam + 4 more

PurposeThe aim was to determine the distribution of the near point of convergence (NPC) and its association with age, gender and refractive errors through a population‐based study.MethodsIn this cross‐sectional study, samples were randomly selected from the population of Mashhad city in the northeast of Iran through stratified cluster sampling. In each of the 120 randomly selected clusters, 10 households were systematically chosen. Examinations included visual acuity testing, refractive and binocular vision examination. NPC was measured using a 6/12 single target on a Gulden fixation stick. Positive and negative fusional vergences were measured by the step method at far and near fixation distances.ResultsOf the 4,453 invitees, 3,132 people participated (response rate of 70.4 per cent) and after applying the exclusion criteria, analysis was conducted on data from 2,433 individuals whose mean age was 31.2 ± 15.1 years (range: 10 to 86 years). Mean NPC was 8.59 ± 4.82 cm (range: 2 to 40 cm) in the total sample, 6.95 ± 3.87 cm in the 10–19 years age group and 13.06 ± 5.2 cm in those over 70 years. The relationships of NPC with the variables ages, gender and refractive errors (spherical equivalent) was assessed in a multiple linear regression model. Based on this model, older age (p < 0.001, coefficient = 0.106), male gender (p = 0.002, coefficient = 0.608) maintained a significant correlation with NPC, while the association with refractive error was no longer significant (p = 0.109, coefficient = 0.128) after adjusting for age and gender.ConclusionThis is the first population‐based study to examine the normal ranges of NPC and also the first to describe normal values in a presbyopic population. The results of this study indicate an age‐related change in NPC. These changes should be noted in the interpretation of tests for the diagnosis and treatment of problems with binocular vision.

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