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Table 2 Proprioceptive performance and fine motor skills: comparison between people with Parkinson’s disease and controls

From: LSVT-BIG therapy in Parkinson’s disease: physiological evidence for proprioceptive recalibration

 

PwPD

Controls

p-value

LED test [°]

w/o dt

4.3 ± 2.1

2.4 ± 0.8

< 0.001a

with dt

4.7 ± 2.2

3.0 ± 1.6

0.006a

ARROW test [°]

w/o dt

12.7 ± 3.5

6.5 ± 2.4

< 0.001a

with dt

12.5 ± 4.4

5.9 ± 3.3

< 0.001a

NHPT [s]

25.4 ± 4.0

20.1 ± 2.7

< 0.001a

SPIRAL test, time [s]

38.2 ± 15.9

28.1 ± 6.2

0.011

SPIRAL test, FOS

1.40 ± 1.0

1.15 ± 0.4

0.754

ELEL test, speed [mm/s]

8.2 ± 4.7

9.5 ± 3.2

0.107

ELEL test, amplitude [cm]

1.23 ± 0.5

1.34 ± 0.4

0.458

ELEL test, width [cm]

1.07 ± 0.6

1.35 ± 0.4

0.011

  1. PwPD Persons with Parkinson’s disease, dt dual task condition, NHPT nine-hole-peg test, FOS First Order Smoothness
  2. a significant after Bonferroni-Holm correction