Table 5.
Parameters of the LA task: discriminant power and correlation with UPDRS scores.
| Mann-Whitney U Test |
Spearman Coefficient | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Meaning (Unit) | Median HC |
Median PD |
Z | p-Value a | ρ | p-Value a |
| MKAm | Mean of Maximum Knee Angle (degree) | 32.41 | 25.02 | 1.93 | 5.37 × 10−2 | −0.72 | 9.99 × 10−6 |
| MKAv | Var. of Maximum Knee Angle (-) | 0.07 | 0.13 | 1.81 | 7.03 × 10−2 | 0.49 | 6.72 × 10−3 |
| TDm | Mean of movement Total Duration (s) | 0.26 | 0.42 | 2.88 | 3.95 × 10−3 | 0.43 | 1.98 × 10−2 |
| TDv | Var. of movement Total Duration (-) | 0.10 | 0.12 | 1.68 | 9.19 × 10−2 | 0.43 | 2.07 × 10−2 |
| SPm | Mean Speed of movement (degree/s) | 114.8 | 64.20 | 3.00 | 2.66 × 10−3 | −0.84 | 8.18 × 10−9 |
| PM | Num. of poor movements (#) | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.99 | 4.69 × 10−2 | 0.74 | 3.94 × 10−6 |
a Significance level p < 0.05.