%0 Journal Article %T The Tower of Hanoi for Evaluating Dysexecutive Syndrome in Patients with Parkinson¡¯s: Standardization Values %A Marcos Serrano-Due£¿as %A Bel¨¦n Calero %A Maite Serrano %J Advances in Parkinson's Disease %P 75-85 %@ 2169-9720 %D 2017 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/apd.2017.63008 %X
Objective: The Tower of Hanoi measures executive functions using non-verbal content and requires perception of position in space. The main objective of this study is to standardize the use of the TOH as a measurement tool in Parkinson¡¯s disease. Patients and Methods: Of the Control Group subjects, 192 (59.6%) were women, 223 subjects (69.25%) were able to perform the TOH with 3 discs. In the Parkinson¡¯s Group, there were 57 women (39.3%), and 66 subjects (45.5%) did not get past that level. Results: If we take the TOH (with 3 or 4 discs) as a tool for discriminating between those who have dysexecutive syndrome and those who do not, we find that the Parkinson¡¯s Group presents dysexecutive syndrome significantly more frequently than the Control Group (p ¡Ü 0.0064). Conclusion: We can conclude that dysexecutive syndrome is frequent in Parkinson¡¯s patients and it is more prevalent than in the general population.
%K Parkinson¡¯s Disease %K Dysexecutive Syndrome %K Tower of Hanoi %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=77861