Table 1 Characterization of participants with mean values (95% confidence interval) for NW and FW groups.

Variable	NW=14	FW=11	p- value
Height (m)	1.68 (1.64 to 1.72)	1.59 (1.55 to 1.63)	0.003
Body mass (kg)	81.71 (73.28 to 90.14)	64.75 (57.13 to 72.37)	0.004
Age (years)	64.43 (58.57 to 70.28)	71.09 (66.88 to 75.30)	0.069
UPDRS III	15.78 (7.62 to 23.94)	23.18 (11.03 to 35.33)	0.262
Hoehn & Yahr	1.60 (1.22 to 1.98)	2.04 (1.30 to 2.78)	0.229

NW=Nordic walking; FW=free walking; UPDRS=Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.