Table 1.

PD subject characteristics

							UPDRS Motor Part III
							Total		Rigidity				PIGD		ADL	H&Y	Medication
									Total		Neck
PD Subj	Sex	Duratio n of PD (yrs)	Age (yrs)	Ht (cm)	Wt (kg)	Side	ON	OFF	ON	OFF	ON	OFF	ON	OFF			L-DOPA
1	M	8	64	180	99	R	36	52.5	7	11	3	4	5	7.5	28	3	900
2	M	9	56	175	83	L	24	47	9	13	2	4	2	4	9	2.5	1450
3	M	12	81	175	77	L	40.5	46	12	16	3	4	4	4	13	3	800
4	M	3.5	46	180	81	R	31	44.5	4	8	1	2	1	2.5	14	3	333
5	M	10	53	178	68	R	17	39.5	3	8	2	3	1.5	5	6	3	900
6	M	4	66	185	82	R	30	37	4	7	1	1	4	4	14	2.5	850
7	M	5	60	168	73	L	26.5	34.5	10	12	2	3	2.5	4.5	8	2.5	650
8	M	1.5	70	170	94	L	29	32	6	7	3	3	4.5	5	3	2	125
9	M	10	66	180	86	R	23.5	31	5.5	8.5	2	3	2	3.5	14	2	700
10	M	3	71	179	94	S	16.5	23.5	1	2.5	1	1	3.5	5	9	2	450
11	M	9	65	183	75	R	20.5	30	3	5	0	1	2	5	18	2	683
12	M	2	56	180	80	R	16	27	2	3	0	1	2	2	11	2.5	133
13	M	9	66	175	88	L	19.5	30.5	1	1	1	1	2.5	3.5	7	2	875
14	M	12	64	165	68	R	14.5	22	4	5	2	2.5	1.5	3	10	2	1200
15	M	1.5	65	168	70	L	14	18	0	2	0	1	1	1	6	2	100
Mean	-	6.5	63	176	81	-	24	34.5	5	7	1.5	2	2.5	4	11	2.5
Mean	Cntrls	-	64	174	79	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

Duration of PD- years since the PD diagnosis, Side – affected side, L- left, R - right, S-symmetrical, Total rigidity - UPDRS, item 22 Neck rigidity - UPDRS, neck part of item 22, PIGD - Postural Instability and Gait Difficulty (UPDRS item 27-30 UPDRS), ADL-Activities of Daily Living, L-DOPA - daily dose in mg/day., H & Y= Hoehn & Yahr