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. 2024 Mar 18;10:64. doi: 10.1038/s41531-024-00682-6

Table 2.

TUG parameters in controls, iRBD and PD

CP (65) iRBD (23) PD (60) P-value* iRBD-CP difference PD-CP difference PD-iRBD difference
TUG NORMAL SPEED
TUG duration (s) 11.3 ± 2.09 12.8 ± 1.8 14.0 ± 3.5 <0.001b § 1.4 ± 0.8 2.4±0.5 1 ± 0.8
Duration Of Turns (s) 2.3 ± 0.4 2.8 ± 0.4 3.0 ± 0.6 <0.001a § 0.5 ± 0.1 0.7±0.1 0.2 ± 0.1
Mean Angular Velocity (°/s) 82 ± 14 67 ± 8 61 ± 15 <0.001a −15.0 ± 3.4 −20.4±2.4 −5.4 ± 3
Peak Angular Velocity (°/s) 194 ± 34 152 ± 22 138 ± 28 <0.001a −41.9 ± 7.7 −54.0±5.5 −12.1 ± 7.5
TUG FAST SPEED
TUG duration (s) 8.9 ± 1.8 9.2 ± 0.9 10.9 ± 2.4 <0.001b §# 0.3 ± 0.6 1.8±0.4 1.5 ± 0.5
% Variation TUG duration −21.8 ± 8.8 -27.7 ± 6.4 -20.3 ± 6.7 0.011b *#
Duration Of Turns (s) 1.9 ± 0.3 2.2 ± 0.4 2.5 ± 0.5 <0.001b §# 0.3 ± 0.1 0.6±0.1 0.3 ± 0.1
% Variation Turning duration −16.6 ± 12.6 −21.22 ± 12.3 −13.8 ± 10.2 0.042a
Mean Angular Velocity (°/s) 98 ± 18 85 ± 15 72 ± 16 <0.001a §# −12.9 ± 4.2 −24.4±2.9 −11.5 ± 4.1
%VariationMeanVelocity 20.9 ± 16.4 26.1 ± 18.4 16.8 ± 13.2 0.219b
Peak Angular Velocity (°/s) 235 ± 40 203 ± 37 172 ± 35 <0.001a §# −32 ± 9.4 −62.8 ± 6.7 −30.8 ± 9.2
%VariationPeakVelocity 22.6 ± 13.2 30.9 ± 20.3 22.9 ± 14.8 0.822b

Pairwise with Bonferroni Correction for 3 comparisons (*iRBD vs CP; §PD vs CP; #iRBD vs PD). p-value < 0.006 was considered as statistically significant for digital extracted variables.

aParametric comparison corrected for age and sex

bNon-parametric comparison corrected for age and sex

CP control participants, iRBD subjects with idiopatic REM sleep behavior disorders, PD Parkinson’s disease patients, TUG timed up and go test.