Table 1.
Subject characteristics.
People with PD (N = 57) | |
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Demographics | |
Age (years) | 63.7 (8.5) |
Height (cm) | 161.2 (8.1) |
Weight (kg) | 61.1 (10.1) |
Female gender, n (%) | 22 (38.6) |
Fallers, n (%) | 19 (33.3) |
Parkinson's disease characteristics | |
Years since diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (years) | 7.6 (4.6) |
Hoehn and Yahr stage (0–5) | 2.5 (1.0)# |
UPDRS—motor score III (0–108) | 22.6 (6.5) |
UPDRS-PG (0–16) | 4.0 (2.0)# |
Knee muscle strength (Nm) | 34.4 (13.3) |
ABC score (0–100) | 73.6 (19.3) |
Data shown are means (standard deviations), #median (interquartile range), ABC: activities-specific balance confidence, UPDRS: unified Parkinson's disease rating scale, UPDRS-PG: unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (items 27–30).