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. 2021 Sep 8;18:133. doi: 10.1186/s12984-021-00932-1

Table 4.

Correlation study of EMG features and clinical features

Clinical variables Scale range Total CI Total MI-TA muscle
UPDRS postural stability (Item 3.12) 0–2  + 0.620 (0.054)  + 0.677(0.023)
UPDRS rigidity (Item 3.3) 0–5  + 0.674 (0.011)  + 0.810 (0.033)
UPDRS gait (Item 3.10) 0–3  + 0.759 (0.002)  + 0.820 (0.002)
UPDRS body bradykinesia (Item 3.14) 0–3  + 0.778 (0.006)  + 0.625(0.015)
UPDRS PIGD 0–20  + 0.858 (0.018)  + 0.788(0.012)
Year of disease 1–10  + 0.554 (0.003)  + 0.687 (0.07)
H & Y scale 1–3  + 0.347 (0.241)  + 0.578 (0.061)
UPDRS III 9–41  + 0.388 (0.157)  + 0.738 (0.017)

The ρ (p-value)—Spearman correlation coefficients (ρ) is indicated with level of significance (p). The acronyms used in the table—UPDRS III—Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, UPDRS PIGD—UPDRS III Postural Instability and Gait Disturbance, H & Y Scale—Hoehn and Yahr scale