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First received: June 07, 2024

Clinical Trial: Handwriting as an Objective Tool to Support the Identification of People With Alzheimer's Disease

Study Status: COMPLETED

Recruit Status: COMPLETED

Condition: Dementia

Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL


Official Title: Handwriting as an Objective Tool to Support the Identification of People With Alzheimer's Disease: Suitability of an Assessment Protocol

Brief Summary: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common of dementia, and has associated cognitive and motor disorders, with consequences on daily activities, including handwriting.Handwriting has been used to study fine motor control or executive functioning in healthy and unhealthy populations.Changes in this skill are present at different stages of the clinical course of Alzheimer's Disease.The sensorimotor deterioration is observed in handwriting tasks (motion kinematics, such as movement time, speed, and…

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