Driving Difficulties in Parkinson’s Disease

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson S ; Dawson J ; Rizzo M ; Rodnitzky R ; Uc EY
• Description:
  Safe driving requires the coordination of attention, perception, memory, motor and executive functions (including decision-making) and self-awareness. Parkinson's disease and other disorders may impair these abilities. Because age or medical diagnosis alone is often an unreliable criterion for licensure, decisions on fitness to drive should be based on empirical observations of performance. Linkages between cognitive abilities measured by neuropsychological tasks, and driving behavior assessed using driving simulators, and natural and naturalistic observations in instrumented vehicles, can help standardize the assessment of fitness-to-drive. By understanding the patterns of driver safety errors that cause crashes, it may be possible to design interventions to reduce these errors and injuries and increase mobility. This includes driver performance monitoring devices, collision alerting and warning systems, road design, and graded licensure strategies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Behavior Decision Making Nervous System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Cognition Car Crash Central Nervous System Disorders Cognitive Function Decision Making Drivers Driving Simulation Human Factors Humans Injury Prevention Instrumented Vehicles Intervention Monitoring Systems Motor Vehicles Neuromotor Function Parkinsons Disease Performance Capability Simulation Methods Warning Devices

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• ISSN:
  1531-8257
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062555
• Citation:
  Mov Disord 2010 Feb; 25(Suppl 1):S136-S140
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Matthew Rizzo, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 2007 RCP, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
• Email:
  matthew-rizzo@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Movement Disorders
• Supplement:
  1
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225774/cdc_225774_DS1.pdf
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