Research Article

The PIT: SToPP Trial—A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of Home-Based Physiotherapy for People with Parkinson's Disease Using Video-Based Measures to Preserve Assessor Blinding

Table 1

Participant characteristics at baseline ( ).

VariableValueControl group ( )Treatment group ( )All ( )

Age (years)Median (IQR), range74 (70–78), 58–8675 (69–77), 64–8274 (69–77), 58–86
GenderMen ( )18 (78%)17 (71%)35 (74%)
Years since diagnosisMedian (IQR), range7 (4–12), 1–198 (4–11), 1–307 (4–12), 1–30
Hoehn and yahr (grade)I101 (2%)
II549 (19%)
III101222 (47%)
IV7815 (32%)
UPDRSMedian (IQR), range30 (18–45), 9–5226 (21–38), 10–6028 (20–41), 9–60
12-month fall historyNo falls ( )7411 (23%)
Single fall ( )6612 (26%)
Repeated falls ( )101424 (51%)

Indication for physiotherapy
 Transfers excessively slowly (%)23 (100)22 (92)45 (96)
 Transfers a considerable effort (%)20 (87)19 (79)39 (83)
 History of falls transferring (%)10 (43)7 (29)17 (36)

Primary outcome measures
 PAS chair transfer scoreMedian (IQR), range5 (4–6), 0–84 (4–6), 2–84 (4–6), 0–8
 Sit-to-stand time (s)Median (IQR), range2.2 (1.6–3.7), 0.8–11.12.1 (1.5–3.2), 0.8–7.22.2 (1.5–3.2), 0.8–11.1
 SAS scoreMedian (IQR), range54 (41–70), 37–10450 (43–63), 36–9051 (41–65), 36–104

Secondary outcome measures
 SS-180 turn time (s)Median (IQR), range3.8 (3.4–6.8), 1.8–45.65.5 (3.8–8.4), 2.2–43.55.3 (3.5–7.4), 1.8–45.6
 FR (cm)Median (IQR), range21 (17–25), 10–3318 (16–21), 9–3220 (16–23), 9–33
 UPDRS posture scoreMedian (IQR), range1 (1-2), 0–41 (1-2), 0–31 (1-2), 0–4
 HR-QOL scoreMedian (IQR), range30 (26–32), 21–4430 (28–37), 16–4730 (27–35), 16–47

IQR = interquartile range; range = minimum to maximum.