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. 2019 Aug 23;10:2040622319868379. doi: 10.1177/2040622319868379

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the patients.

Cohort N Age mean ± SD Male/Female Patients (%)
Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonism 36 72.1 ± 8.8 26/10 22
Poststroke 31 68.2 ± 14.1 24/7 19
Multiple Sclerosis 9 53.1 ± 12.2 2/7 5
Traumatic Brain Injury 10 40.3 ± 20.1 6/4 6
Other neurological 42 65.1 ± 18.2 23/19 25
Non-neurological 39 65.5 ± 21.0 18/21 23
Total 167 63.8 ± 18.9 99/68 100

Data analysis was based only on initial treatments for each patient (167, highlighted). Other neurological conditions included patients with myelopathy (n = 19), polyneuropathy (n = 5), cerebral palsy (n = 4), polio (n = 4), Guillain-Barre syndrome (n = 2), vertigo (n = 3), ataxia (n = 2), cerebellar ataxia (n = 1), vestibular Schwannoma (n = 1), and hyperekplexia (n = 1). Non-neurological conditions included patients with recurrent falls (n = 15), cancer (n = 11), non-neurological gait abnormality (n = 5), lower limb injury (n = 3), above-knee amputation (n = 3), low back pain (n = 1), and polymyalgia rheumatica (n = 1).