Table 5.
Mean (SD) and pre- and post-EA comparison of subjective evaluations and UPDRS parameters for intervention and control group. The symbol * (grey cells) indicates a significant difference.
| Parameter | Intervention |
Control |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-EA | Post-EA | Difference | 95% CI | p-value | Pre-EA | Post-EA | Difference | 95% CI | p-value | |||
| SF-12 (PCS) | 39.7 (11.7) | 40.3 (14.1) | 1% ↑ | −11.6 | 12.8 | 0.82 | 34.7 (9.4) | 33.7 (5.3) | 3% ↓ | −12.6 | 10.7 | 0.85 |
| SF-12 (MCS) | 43.4 (12.6) | 47.1 (8.5) | 8% ↑ | −6.5 | 13.9 | 0.45 | 47.2 (7.3) | 47.7 (7.9) | 1% ↑ | −10.7 | 11.6 | 0.93 |
| Short FES-I | 17.2 (6.8) | 14.6 (6.9) | 15% ↓ | −9.0 | 3.8 | 0.41 | 16.6 (5.0) | 18.4 (4.0) | 11% ↑ | −4.9 | 8.5 | 0.55 |
| VAS | 2.5 (3.2) | 1.4 (2.4) | 44% ↓ | −3.7 | 1.5 | 0.26 | 3.4 (3.3) | 2.2 (3.0) | 35% ↓ | −5.8 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| UPDRS-Fall | 0.9 (1.3) | 0.3 (0.7) | 67% ↓ | −1.6 | 0.4 | 0.02* | 0.8 (0.8) | 0.6 (0.5) | 25% ↓ | −1.3 | 0.9 | 0.37 |
| UPDRS-Rigidity | 6.4 (5.1) | 3.3 (2.8) | 48% ↓ | −8.0 | 0.5 | 0.01* | 7.4 (4.5) | 8.2 (4.0) | 11% ↑ | −6.1 | 8.3 | 0.55 |
| UPDRS I | 5.3 (3.5) | 2.7 (2.3) | 49% ↓ | −5.5 | 0.6 | <.01* | 3.3 (2.4) | 5.1 (4.2) | 55% ↑ | −3.4 | 7.0 | 0.21 |
| UPDRS II | 18.0 (9.7) | 10.8 (6.6) | 46% ↓ | −10.6 | −3.8 | <.0001* | 17.0 (5.7) | 16.6 (7.9) | 9% ↑ | −3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
| UPDRS III | 35.1 (15.3) | 19.1 (10.9) | 40% ↓ | −12.1 | −19.8 | <.01* | 34.2 (12.3) | 37.2 (11.6) | 2% ↑ | −1.6 | 7.6 | 0.27 |