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. 2012 Aug 6;2:tre-02-86-476-4. doi: 10.7916/D8DN43SC

Table 1. Study Results.

Variable On/Off Mean (±SD) 95% CI z1 Probability >|z|
MoCA (total) Off 19.95 (5.56) 16.8–23.2
On 20.0 (4.50) 17.4–22.6 0.531 0.595
Dynamic Gait Index (total) Off 14.4 (7.01) 9.38–19.42
On 17.5 (6.94 12.53–22.47 2.045 0.0412
Berg Balance Scale (total) Off 40.9 (9.67) 33.99–47.81
On 46.5 (6.06) 42.17–50.83 2.68 0.0072
Jebsen Hand Test (total) (non-dominant) Off 193.1 (111.6) 113.2–272.9
On 217.3 (111.3) 137.7–296.9 1.070 0.285
Jebsen Hand Test (total) (dominant) Off 131.2 (73.3) 78.8–183.6
On 125.0 (57.1) 84.1–165.8 −0.459 0.647
Timed 25-foot Walk (average, two trials) Off 8.5 (3.6) 5.9–11.1
On 8.1 (2.1) 6.6–9.5 .0153 0.879
Beck Depression Inventory II (total) Off 12.8 (9.7) 5.9–19.7
On 10.4 (6.7) 5.6–15.2 −1.436 0.151
QuickDASH (disability/symptom score) Off 43.2 (27.5) 23.5–62.8
On 37.3 (26.5) 18.3–56.2 −1.02 0.307
UHDRS-1 Motor (total motor score) Off 45.4 (10.4) 38.0–52.8
On 36.1 (15.7) 24.9–47.3 −2.609 0.0092
UHDRS-1 Motor (max chorea) Off 18.4 (2.5) 16.6–20.2
On 10.8 (5.5) 6.9–14.7 −2.814 0.0052
UHDRS-1 Motor total motor – max chorea Off 27.0 (9.9) 19.9–34.1
On 25.3 (12.4) 16.5–34.1 −0.873 0.383
UHDRS-2 Cognition: Stroop Color-Word26 Off 7.72 (7.5) .67–12.5
On 14.3 (3.6) 11.5–17.1 2.191 0.0282
UHDRS-3 Behavior: Frequency and Severity Off 9.3 (10.5) 4.5–22.3
On 13.4 (12.5) 1.8–16.8 1.298 0.194
UHDRS-4 Functional Checklist Off 15.2 (5.3) 11.4–19.0
On 17.0 (5.0) 13.4–20.6 1.027 0.304
UHDRS-5 Independence Scale Off 67.0(10.3) 59.6–74.4
On 74.5(13.0) 65.2–83.8 0.0623
1

Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test.

2

Statistically significant result.

3

Two tailed paired Student's t-test.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; SD, standard deviation; UHDRS, Unified Huntington Disease Rating Scale.