Abnormalities in visuo-motor control have repeatedly been reported in @entity191 ( @entity191 ) @entity1 . In the more recent studies, tasks measuring visuo-motor performance are usually computerised tasks requiring the use of a @entity19 -like manipulandum. In healthy subjects, previous computer @entity19 experience can influence performance in computerised visuo-motor tasks. We, therefore, investigated the potential confounding effect of @entity19 experience in a visuo-motor task used in @entity191 @entity1 , the visuo-motor testing (VMT) system, and its concurrent usefulness in the diagnosis of @entity191 . Our study population included 49 early @entity191 @entity1 and 31 controls. The VMT system involves moving a pointer over a sinusoidal path displayed on a computer screen by moving an unseen digitiser @entity19 over a tablet. In both @entity191 @entity1 and controls, subjects with low @entity19 experience scored worse than subjects with high @entity19 experience on variables measuring movement accuracy, direction and speed. After correction for @entity19 experience the @entity51 were still present in @entity191 @entity1 with low @entity19 experience. However, @entity191 @entity1 with high @entity19 experience only showed deficits in movement accuracy. It would seem that previous @entity19 experience can at least partly compensate for deficits in directional control and speed in @entity191 @entity1 , implying a possible role for training in the treatment of functional @entity73 in @entity191 . Future studies using computerised psychomotor tasks should take sufficient precautions to avoid potential confounding effects of @entity19 experience. The present data further suggest that only accuracy of visuo-motor control might be a useful parameter in the (early) diagnosis of @entity191 .

The influence of computer experience on visuo-motor control: implications for visuo-motor testing in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity19 :: ('10090', 'Species') :: ['mouse'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['motor impairments'] @entity191 :: ('MESH:D010300', 'Disease') :: ["Parkinson's disease", 'PD'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['aforementioned deficits']
@entity191 :: (MESH:D010300,Disease) :: ['Parkinson's disease']
