Table 3.
Initial symptoms and first affected body parts.
Initial symptom | Unilateral limb | Trunk | |||||||||||||
Bilateral limb | Single arm | Single leg | |||||||||||||
n (%) | Both arms | Both legs | Arms and legs | n (%) | Left | Right | n (%) | Left | Right | n (%) | Left limbs | Right limbs | n (%) | ||
Tremor | 112 | 12 (10.71%) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 64 (57.14%) | 22 | 42 | 29 (25.89%) | 3 | 26 | 7 (6.25%) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Rigidity | 38 | 4 (10.53%) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 (28.95%) | 3 | 8 | 17 (44.74%) | 6 | 11 | 3 (7.89%) | 2 | 1 | 3 (7.89%) |
Bradykinesia | 28 | 11 (39.28%) | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 (14.29%) | 2 | 2 | 6 (21.42%) | 4 | 2 | 4 (14.29%) | 1 | 3 | 3 (10.71%) |
Total | 178 | 27 (15.17%) | 6 | 12 | 9 | 79 (44.38%) | 27 | 52 | 52 (29.21%) | 13 | 39 | 14 (7.87%) | 6 | 8 | 6 (3.37%) |
Note: Two patients with at least two initial symptoms were excluded from the table.