Table 1.
PD (years) | DBS (years) | Levodopa | H&Y Off | H&Y On | UPDRS-III Off | UPDRS-III On |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 9 | 600 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 27.5 | 19.0 |
15 | 2 | 600 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 23.0 |
11 | 4 | 600 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 |
9 | 4 | 300 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 23.5 | 21.5 |
11 | 56 | 600 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 52.5 | 31.0 |
11 | 37 | 400 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 4.0 |
ED: Education; PD: Parkinson’s Disease; DBS: Deep Brain Stimulation; H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr rating scale for PD; UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale
The stimulator frequency was 185 Hz and the pulse width was 60 μs in all cases