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. 1986 Nov;49(11):1258–1265. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.49.11.1258

Is there a specific visuo-spatial impairment in Parkinsonians?

S Della Sala, G Di Lorenzo, A Giordano, H Spinnler
PMCID: PMC1029074  PMID: 3794731

Abstract

Twenty-five non-demented patients with mild, idiopathic, Parkinson's disease were compared with 25 age and education matched normal controls on a visuo-spatial performance task, whose characteristics were directional forecast, with minimal motor requirement and a maximal spatial load. No statistical support was found for the existence of spatial impairment in these patients.

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