Table 7.
Parameters of the Po 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 |
| FTB | Forward Trunk Bending (degree) | 0.38 | −5.69 | 2.71 | 9.88 × 10−4 | −0.70 | 1.36 × 10−4 |
| FTBΔ | Var. of Forward Trunk Bending (degree) | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 8.55 × 10−1 | 0.43 | 5.54 × 10−2 |
| FHB | Forward Head Bending (degree) | −1.83 | −6.86 | 1.92 | 5.23 × 10−2 | −0.78 | 5.90 × 10−6 |
| FHBΔ | Var. of Forward Head Bending (degree) | 0.46 | 0.53 | 0.22 | 8.17 × 10−1 | 0.27 | 3.62 × 10−1 |
| LHB | Absolute Lateral Head Bending (degree) | 2.05 | 3.02 | 0.53 | 6.07 × 10−1 | 0.59 | 2.39 × 10−3 |
| LHBΔ | Var. of Lateral Head Bending (degree) | 0.19 | 0.43 | 1.53 | 1.25 × 10−1 | 0.43 | 6.54 × 10−2 |
a Significance level p < 0.05.