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JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 865-875Publisher
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JPD-202427
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; eye-tracking; fixation; pupil size; eye movements
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- Vinnova, Sweden's innovation agency [2017-02317]
- Vinnova [2017-02317] Funding Source: Vinnova
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This study evaluated eye movements in Parkinson's disease patients and healthy controls, finding that pupil size and longest fixation period were independently associated with diagnosis. Further studies are needed to confirm the diagnostic value of eye-tracking parameters integrated into the screening of PD patients.
Background: Visual and oculomotor problems are very common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and by using eye-tracking such problems could be characterized in more detail. However, eye-tracking is not part of the routine clinical investigation of parkinsonism. Objective: To evaluate gaze stability and pupil size in stable light conditions, as well as eye movements during sustained fixation in a population of PD patients and healthy controls (HC). Methods: In total, 50 PD patients (66% males) with unilateral to mild-to-moderate disease (Hoehn & Yahr 1-3, Schwab and England 70-90%) and 43 HC (37% males) were included in the study. Eye movements were recorded with Tobii Pro Spectrum, a screen-based eye tracker with a sampling rate of 1200 Hz. Logistic regression analysis was applied to investigate the strength of association of eye-movement measures with diagnosis. Results: Median pupil size (OR 0.811; 95% CI 0.666-0.987; p = 0.037) and longest fixation period (OR 0.798; 95% CI 0.691-0.921; p = 0.002), were the eye-movement parameters that were independently associated with diagnosis, after adjustment for sex (OR 4.35; 95% CI 1.516-12.483; p = 0.006) and visuospatial/executive score in Montreal Cognitive Assessment (OR 0.422; 95% CI 0.233-0.764; p = 0.004). The area under the ROC curve was determined to 0.817; 95% (CI) 0.732-0.901. Conclusion: Eye-tracking based measurements of gaze fixation and pupil reaction may be useful biomarkers of PD diagnosis. However, larger studies of eye-tracking parameters integrated into the screening of patients with suspected PD are necessary, to further investigate and confirm their diagnostic value.
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