Table 1.
Demographic, neuropsychological and behavioural data
| Units | PSP | CBS | p value (t test, χ2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/% | SD | N | Mean/% | SD | N | |||
| Demography | ||||||||
| Age | Years | 70.6 | 7.9 | 25 | 70.3 | 9.1 | 30 | ns |
| Sex | %Male | 60 | 25 | 37 | 30 | ns | ||
| Handedness | % R | 96 | 25 | 97 | 30 | ns | ||
| Neuropsychology | ||||||||
| ACE-R total | /100 | 79.1 | 10.4 | 25 | 70.0 | 13.7 | 29 | 0.008 |
| Attention and orientation | /18 | 16.4 | 1.8 | 25 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 29 | 0.028 |
| Memory | /26 | 21.1 | 4.3 | 25 | 17.2 | 4.7 | 29 | 0.002 |
| Verbal fluency | /14 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 25 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 29 | 0.027 |
| Language | /26 | 23.0 | 2.3 | 25 | 21.9 | 2.5 | 29 | ns |
| Visuospatial | /16 | 13.4 | 4.3 | 25 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 29 | < 0.001 |
| MMSE | /30 | 26.4 | 2.8 | 25 | 23.1 | 4.5 | 30 | 0.002 |
| FAB | /18 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 25 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 28 | ns |
| Motor examination | ||||||||
| UPDRS-III | /108 | 32.2 | 13.3 | 25 | 24.7 | 9.9 | 19 | 0.038 |
| Praxis total limb | /20 | 19.1 | 2.1 | 24 | 9.3 | 5.2 | 30 | < 0.001 |
| Transitive mime | /6 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 24 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 30 | < 0.001 |
| Intransitive mime | /6 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 24 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 30 | < 0.001 |
| Unilateral imitation | /6 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 24 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 30 | < 0.001 |
| Bilateral imitation | /2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 24 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 30 | < 0.001 |
| Orofacial | /2 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 22 | 1.79 | 0.6 | 28 | ns |
| Alien limb questionnaire | /13 | 0.08 | 0.4 | 25 | 4.23 | 3.1 | 30 | < 0.001 |
PSP-RS Progressive supranuclear palsy Richardson syndrome, CBS corticobasal syndrome, ACE-R Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, FAB Frontal Assessment Battery, UPDRS-III Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (part III motor subscale)
p values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant