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This study aims to investigate associations between global cognition and the severity and longitudinal progression of tremor and non-tremor motor symptoms in PD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>As part of the Oxford Quantification in Parkinsonism (OxQUIP) study, 84 participants with PD were tested over seven visits at three-month intervals. At each visit, participants completed standardized global cognitive (MoCA) and motor (MDS-UPDRS-III) assessments. Tremor and non-tremor motor subscores were derived from corresponding MDS-UPDRS-III items. Linear mixed-effects models were calculated to analyze the effect of global cognition at baseline on the progression of (i) overall motor impairment, (ii) non-tremor motor symptoms, and (iii) tremor symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We did not find an association between MoCA scores and MDS-UPDRS-III severity, but there was a significant interaction between global cognition and the progression of motor impairment (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.005). Lower MoCA scores were linked with steeper progression of non-tremor motor symptoms (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), but not tremor symptoms (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.380).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Global cognition at baseline is associated with the progression, but not severity, of motor impairment in PD; this finding is specific to non-tremor and not tremor motor symptoms. While both motor subdomains are known to be linked with dysfunction of sub-cortical circuits, non-tremor symptoms may also be influenced by disrupted cognitive inputs. Our results highlight the potential value of incorporating cognitive tools to complement motor examination in PD assessment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnagi.2026.1765860","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,12]],"date-time":"2026-02-12T06:51:10Z","timestamp":1770879070000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Cognitive function is associated with the progression of non-tremor motor symptoms in Parkinson\u2019s disease"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Melissa C.","family":"Gibbs","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NeuroMetrology Lab, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford","place":["Oxford, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aminette","family":"D\u2019Souza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NeuroMetrology Lab, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford","place":["Oxford, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Charalampos","family":"Sotirakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NeuroMetrology Lab, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford","place":["Oxford, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Trevor J.","family":"Crawford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Lancaster University","place":["Lancaster, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chrystalina A.","family":"Antoniades","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NeuroMetrology Lab, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford","place":["Oxford, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"47","DOI":"10.1038\/s41572-021-00280-3","article-title":"Parkinson disease-associated cognitive impairment","volume":"7","author":"Aarsland","year":"2021","journal-title":"Nat. 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