Table 2.
The Changes in the UPDRS Part III Score and Levodopa Dose.
| Baseline | After 4 weeks | After 9 weeks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDS-UPDRS part III | ||||
| Total score | 39 | 19 | 20 | |
| 1 | Speech | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Facial expression | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Rigidity - neck | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| - RUE | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| - RLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - LUE | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| - LLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Finger tapping - Right | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - Left | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | Hand movements - Right | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| - Left | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | Pronation-Supination movements of hands - Right | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| - Left | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 7 | Toe tapping - Right | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| - Left | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Leg agility - Right | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Arising from chair | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Gait | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Freezing of gait | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Postural stability | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Posture | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Global spontaneity of movement | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Posturaltremor of the hands - Right | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| - Left | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | Kinetic tremor of the hands - Right | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| - Left | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | Rest tremor amplitude - RUE | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| - RLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| - LUE | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| - LLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| - Lip/Jaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Constancy of rest tremor | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| L-dopa | 300mg | 300mg | 250mg |
RUE: right upper extremity, RLE: right lower extremity, LUE: left upper extremity, LLE: left lower extremity