Table 1.

The characteristic of groups: the experimental and the control.

Characteristic		Experimental group		Control group
		N mean (SD)	% median (min–max)	N mean (SD)	% median (min–max)
Gender	Female	14	43.75	16	45.71
	Male	18	56.25	19	54.29
Age (years)		66.03 (8.66)	68.00 (50–80)	64.00 (7.80)	66.50 (52–70)
Duration of disease (years)		5.70 (2.66)	5.50 (1.5–12)	–	–
H&Y scale	1	1	2.00 (1–3)	–	–
	1.5	7
	2	14
	2.5	3
	3	7
Weaker body side	Left	18	56.25	–	–
	Right	14	43.75