Table 4.
Rates of Phasic Electromyographic Activity in Several Combinations of Muscles for Each Patient
| RBD patient | A ment | B ment+flex | C ment+flex+ext | D ment+flex+ext+abd | E ment+flex+ext+ abd+ster | F ment+flex+ext+ abd+ster+lta | G ment+flex+ext+abd+ster+lta+gast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idiopathic RBD | |||||||
| 1 | 23.8 | 63.8 | 74 | 82.2 | 83.8 | 83.8 | 89.2 |
| 2 | 75.4 | 90.7 | 92.3 | 95 | 96.1 | 96.5 | 96.6 |
| 3 | 81.4 | 88.7 | 90.3 | 93.8 | 97.6 | 97.8 | 98.3 |
| 4 | 55.6 | 76.6 | 79.8 | 89.1 | 93.2 | 93.4 | 94.6 |
| 5 | 72.1 | 75.6 | 78.9 | 88.7 | 96 | 96.1 | 96.8 |
| 6 | 33.7 | 62.3 | 80.7 | 86.6 | 88.5 | 91.9 | 96.1 |
| 7 | 63.6 | 78.2 | 86.3 | 90.1 | 92.2 | 94.4 | 97.2 |
| 8 | 42.2 | 65.5 | 76.8 | 85.2 | 87.2 | 92.3 | 94.3 |
| PD-related RBD | |||||||
| 1 | 49.2 | 79.7 | 87.3 | 89 | 89.9 | 92.9 | 94.2 |
| 2 | 37.5 | 69.1 | 85.4 | 89.4 | 91 | 93.6 | 94.1 |
| 3 | 36.6 | 53.5 | 60.7 | 72.1 | 80.9 | 89.3 | 92.1 |
| 4 | 70.7 | 80.5 | 90 | 92.9 | 96 | 97.4 | 98.2 |
| 5 | 32.9 | 45.8 | 65.1 | 79.2 | 83.9 | 89.8 | 93.9 |
| 6 | 79 | 92.8 | 95.2 | 95.3 | 96.5 | 98.2 | 98.5 |
| 7 | 63.5 | 80.4 | 90.7 | 91.3 | 93.1 | 95.1 | 96.6 |
| 8 | 51.5 | 60.5 | 83.4 | 85.7 | 86.8 | 93.2 | 96.2 |
| 9 | 61 | 75.5 | 78.1 | 80.2 | 84.4 | 87.6 | 92.1 |
| Mean | 54.69 | 72.89 | 82.06 | 87.40 | 90.42 | 93.14 | 95.24 |
| SD | 17.99 | 13.01 | 9.39 | 6.19 | 5.26 | 3.85 | 2.53 |
| t Student | A vs B | B vs C | C vs D | D vs E | E vs F | F vs G | |
| P value after Bonferroni correction | < 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.001 | 0.0002 | |
RBD refers to rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder; PD, Parkinson disease; ment, mentalis muscle; flex, flexor digitorum superficialis muscle; ext, extensor digitorum brevis muscle; abd, abductor pollicis brevis muscle; ster, sternocleidomastoid muscle; lta, left tibialis anterior muscle; gast, gastrocnemius muscle.