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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Parkinsons Dis. 2015 Oct 17;5(4):893–905. doi: 10.3233/JPD-150632

Table 6.

Mean reliable change z-scores relative to the healthy control non-surgery peers (n=21).

PD Non-Surgery (n = 3) PD Surgery (n = 5)

M (SD) Min/max M (SD) Min/max
2 weeks
   Stroop CW −0.01 ±1.04 −1.05/1.03 −2.89 ± 4.17 −8.78/0.06
   Digit Symbol −0.75 ± 0.59 −1.33/−.16 −1.66 ± 1.37 −3.09/−.22
   HVLT Delay 0.03 ± 1.08 −1.12/1.03 0.27 ± 2.02 −1.21/2.83
   Animal Fluency −0.26 ± 0.68 −0.86/0.48 −0.14 ± 0.65 −0.95/0.70
   Finger Tapping 2.23 ± 1.21 1.37/3.09 0.36 ± 1.85 −2.03/2.47

3 months
   Stroop CW −0.22 ± 0.63 −0.85/0.41 −0.65 ± 1.44 −2.42/1.04
   Digit Symbol −0.32 ± 2.07 −2.51/1.60 −1.85 ± 2.32 −4.25/1.25
   HVLT Delay −1.35 ± 2.03 −3.69/−0.18 0.44 ± 2.22 −2.77/3.35
   Animal Fluency −0.36 ± 0.95 −1.42/0.39 −0.19 ± .55 −1.06/0.37
   Finger Tapping 1.94 ± 1.39 0.34/2.75 0.91 ± 1.61 −0.12/3.30

1 year
   Stroop CW −1.07 ± 0.64 −1.71/−0.43 −0.75 ± 0.95 −1.82/−0.01
   Digit Symbol −0.54 ± 0.67 −1.32/−0.14 −2.23 ± 0.64 −2.97/−1.54
   HVLT Delay 0.50 ± 1.19 −0.85/1.40 0.20 ± 3.36 −4.53/2.86
   Animal Fluency −0.42 ± 1.37 −1.97/0.62 −0.40 ± .36 −0.75/0.07
   Finger Tapping −0.09 ± 0.85 −0.58/0.89 −0.09 ± 1.03 −0.73/1.10

See method section for summary descriptions of the test dependent variables.