Table I.
Clinical parameters and progress of all patients who completed the six-month follow-up (n = 90).
| Start | Six months | p | |
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| Morning akinesia, % | 66.7 | 33.4 | 0.001 |
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| Nocturnal akinesia, % | 19.4 | 8.1 | 0.003 |
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| Wearing off, % | 65.6 | 31.2 | <0.001 |
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| Unpredictable off, % | 8.7 | 6,5 | 0.03 |
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| UPDRS-III | 24.72 (SD: 11.28) | 20.28 (SD: 10.45) | <0.001 |
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| Hoehn and Yahr, % | |||
| I | 13.3 | 12.1 | |
| II | 68.8 | 70 | |
| III | 13.3 | 12.2 | |
| IV | 4.4 | 5.5 | |
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| CGI, % | |||
| Better | 67.8 | ||
| Equal | 28.9 | ||
| Worse | 3.3 | ||
CGI: Clinical Global Impression; SD: standard deviation; UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.