Choreographing life-experiences of balance control in people with Parkinson’s disease

BMC Neurology

Table 1 Background data of participants (N = 18)

ID No	Gender	Years since diagnosis	Education ^a	H&Y ^b	MDS-UPDRS ^c	Mini BesTest ^d	ABC scale (%) ^e	Walk 12 ^f
1	Female	21	3	3	40	24	60.0	15
2	Male	10	3	3	46	20	86.9	0
3	Male	4	3	2	40	16	83.1	16
4	Male	5	2	2	31	11	73.1	25
5	Female	10	3	2	14	–	–	0
6	Female	4	3	2	19	24	76.3	8
7	Female	2	3	3	28	6	16.3	17
8	Female	7	3	1	16	20	70.6	1
9	Male	2	1	2	32	17	51.9	15
10	Male	14	2	3	33	22	64.3	19
11	Male	21	3	2	32	19	76.3	14
12	Male	9	3	3	23	19	75.6	23
13	Female	7	3	2	18	24	72.5	25
14	Female	3	2	2	22	19	26.3	28
15	Female	11	3	3	29	16	72.5	24
16	Male	10	3	4	62	4	16.9	38
17	Male	13	1	2	24	28	83.1	6
18	Female	5	3	2	20	25	88.8	2

^aLevel of education 1 = Junior high school degree, 2 = High school degree, 3 = University degree
^bHoehn & Yahr, a five-point disease rating scale, 1 = minimal or no disability and 5 = confinement to bed/wheelchair
^cMovement Disorder Society -Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale, part (III), motor disability maximum score 56
^dA 14-item clinical test covering 4 components of balance control maximum score 28
^eActivities and balance confidence scale, a 16 item self-report questionnaire total score 100%
^fThe walk 12 scale, a questionnaire about walking difficulties in everyday life, total score 42

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