Research Article

Traditional Chinese Medicine Improves Activities of Daily Living in Parkinson's Disease

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Placebo ( )ZAZ2 ( )

Age (yr)63.1  ±  10.262.82  ± 10.31
Men/Women32/2234/22
Disease duration (yr)5.81  ±  3.245.73  ± 4.81
Hoehn & Yahr stages2.35  ± 1.332.37  ± 1.13
Levodopa/DCI (mg/day)396.61  ± 159.24390.59  ± 164.71
Pramipexole (mg/day)1.03  ± 0.691.00  ±  0.79
Selegiline Hydrochloride (mg/day)8.97  ± 5.669.28  ± 4.95

DCI: decarboxylase inhibitor.