Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the 17 individuals with Parkinson’s disease participating to the Equine therapy program.

	Sample 17
Gender male n° (%)	6 (35.3%)
Age mean ± SD (range)	67.94 ± 10.77 (52–78)
Years of diagnosis	7.35 ± 3.06
Height mean ± SD (range)	168.13 ± 10.42 (154–188)
Body weight mean ± SD (range)	67.63 ± 13.48 (45–90)
Body mass index mean ± SD (range)	23.84 ± 2.66 (29.40–18.73)
Comorbidity n° (%)
Cognitive decline	1 (5.9%)
Pisa syndrome	13 (76.5%)
Cognitive decline and Pisa syndrome	2 (11.8%)
No comorbidity	1 (5.9%)
MMSE mean ± SD	29.88 ± 2.78
Hoehn and Yahr n° (%)
Stage 2	4 (23.5%)
Stage 3	13 (76.5%)