Table 5. Demographic characteristics of participants with Parkinson’s disease that experience freezing of gait (freezers) and do not experience freezing of gait (non-freezers) for individuals who participated in the second experiment.
| Group | AGE | SEX | UPDRS-III | MOCA | Distance Acuity | Shoulder Width (cm) | TMT A (sec) | TMT B (sec) | DMT Forward (score/16) | DMT Backward (score/14) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezers (n = 15) | 70.5 (7.23) | 2 F, 13 M | 37.6* (10.0) | 25.1 (3.4) | 20/50 | 47 (4.0) | 51.5 (15.6) | 154.8* (64.2) | 10.6 (2.5) | 6.1 (1.4) |
| Non-Freezers (n = 20) | 70 (8.4) | 2 F, 18 M | 24.7 (7.5) | 26.5 (2.1) | 20/70 | 48.5 (4.3) | 41.9 (12.8) | 85.8 (34) | 10.4 (2.7) | 6.9 (1.8) |
n, number of participants; UPDRS-III, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale-III; MOCA
Montreal Cognitive Assessment; TMT A and B, Trail Making Test Parts A and B; DMT; Digit Memory Test.
* represents a significant difference between groups at the p<0.05 level.