Book chapter
Driving in Parkinson’s Disease
Movement Disorder Emergencies, pp.555-576
Current Clinical Neurology, Springer International Publishing
10/03/2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75898-1_31
Abstract
In addition to the characteristic motor dysfunction, Parkinson’s disease (PD) also impairs cognition, vision, and alertness, resulting in decreased driving safety. Drivers with PD perform worse on driving simulators and road tests compared to their healthy peers. Their driving problems worsen with multitasking or under low visibility. They also may be at increased risk for crashes. Although driving simulation studies and retrospective surveys have demonstrated increased crash rates in drivers with PD, this has not yet been confirmed by community-based, prospective, controlled studies. Drivers with PD use more compensation strategies and cease driving earlier than their healthy peers, which could partially explain lack of increased crash rates in PD. Periodic multidisciplinary evaluations in close cooperation with the patient, caregivers, and state authorities are needed to assess driving fitness and to offer alternative transportation methods in appropriate cases.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Driving in Parkinson’s Disease
- Creators
- Ergun Y. Uc - University of Iowa, Neurology
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Movement Disorder Emergencies, pp.555-576
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Series
- Current Clinical Neurology
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-75898-1_31
- eISSN
- 2524-4043
- ISSN
- 1559-0585
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/03/2021
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984303439802771
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