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June 15, 2026Rinsho ShinkeigakuOpen Access

Word fluency for “Ka” in Parkinson’s disease patients: comparison with memory clinic patients

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MYMina YasugiNMNoriyuki MiyaueHYHayato Yabe

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Randomized trial compares word fluency and cognitive scores in Parkinson's patients and memory clinic patients, highlighting cognitive differences.

Key Points

  • This research aims to compare word fluency and cognitive scores between Parkinson’s disease patients and memory clinic patients.
  • Compared word fluency scores of 100 Parkinson's disease patients and 100 memory clinic patients using the MoCA-J test.
  • Cognitive function assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the MoCA-J.
  • Analyzed the types and categories of words generated by each group.
  • The Parkinson's group had higher MMSE scores (27.6) compared to the memory clinic group (24.4).
  • Word count for the Parkinson’s group was 9.1 compared to 9.2 in the memory clinic group, showing a positive correlation with cognitive scores.
  • The Parkinson's group produced 318 different types of words, while the memory clinic group produced 285, but had fewer adjectives.

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Yasugi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2f966ca1cfeec490827d5bhttps://doi.org/10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-002241
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