Table 1.

Characteristics of participants (N = 12)

Age (years)	70.1 ± 5.4
Gender (men)	7
Years since diagnosis PD	5.7 ± 3.3
Hoehn and Yahr stage (2/2.5/3)	4/5/3
Walking aid in daily life (yes/no)	3/9
Number of falls in previous 6 months (0/1/2/7)	5/2/4/1
Education (possible range 1–7)a	5.7 ± 1.3
MMSE (possible range 0–30)b	27.4 ± 2.0
LAPAQ (kcals/day)	630.3 ± 712.1
FES-I (possible range 16–64)c	29.3 ± 8.2
Number of different medications used	5.3 ± 2.7

Values are mean ± standard deviation or frequency

PD Parkinson’s disease, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, LAPAQ Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam Physical Activity Questionnaire, FES-I Fall Efficacy Scale International

^aAccording to Verhage and colleagues [30]

^bHigher scores indicating better global cognitive functioning

^cHigher scores indicating more fear of falling