TY - JOUR
T1 - Driving and neurodegenerative diseases.
AU - Uc, Ergun Y.
AU - Rizzo, Matthew
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, R01 NS044930 (E.Y.U.); National Institute on Aging, R01 AG 17717 and 15071 (M.R.).
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The proportion of elderly people in the general population is rising, resulting in greater numbers of drivers with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. These neurodegenerative disorders impair cognition, visual perception, and motor function, leading to reduced driver fitness and greater crash risk. Yet neither medical diagnosis nor age alone is reliable enough to predict driver safety or crashes or to revoke the driving privileges of these individuals. Driving research utilizes tools such as questionnaires about driving habits and history, driving simulators, standardized road tests utilizing instrumented vehicles, and state driving records. Research challenges include outlining the evolution of driving safety, understanding the mechanisms of driving impairment, and developing a reliable and efficient standardized test battery for prediction of driver safety in neurodegenerative disorders. This information will enable healthcare providers to advise their patients with neurodegenerative disorders with more certainty, affect policy, and help develop rehabilitative measures for driving.
AB - The proportion of elderly people in the general population is rising, resulting in greater numbers of drivers with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. These neurodegenerative disorders impair cognition, visual perception, and motor function, leading to reduced driver fitness and greater crash risk. Yet neither medical diagnosis nor age alone is reliable enough to predict driver safety or crashes or to revoke the driving privileges of these individuals. Driving research utilizes tools such as questionnaires about driving habits and history, driving simulators, standardized road tests utilizing instrumented vehicles, and state driving records. Research challenges include outlining the evolution of driving safety, understanding the mechanisms of driving impairment, and developing a reliable and efficient standardized test battery for prediction of driver safety in neurodegenerative disorders. This information will enable healthcare providers to advise their patients with neurodegenerative disorders with more certainty, affect policy, and help develop rehabilitative measures for driving.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11910-008-0059-1
DO - 10.1007/s11910-008-0059-1
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18713573
AN - SCOPUS:54049085066
SN - 1528-4042
VL - 8
SP - 377
EP - 383
JO - Current neurology and neuroscience reports
JF - Current neurology and neuroscience reports
IS - 5
ER -