Research Article

Exercise-Induced Functional Changes in People with Parkinson’s Disease following External Cueing and Task-Based Intervention

Table 3

Participant clinical outcomes.

MeasureParticipant
1
score ()
Participant
2
score ()
Participant
3
score ()
Participant
4
score ()
Participant 5
score ()
Participant 6
score ()
Participant
7
score ()
Participant
8
score ()
Participant
9
score ()

UPDRS-IIIBase152815252628502926
EOT11 (-4)29 (1)15 (0)17 (-8)16 (-10)38 (10)36 (-14)16 (-13)40 (14)
EOT+49 (-6)22 (-6)7 (-8)19 (-6)18 (-8)35 (7)52 (2)15 (-14)17 (-9)

MiniBESTBase262426191522121322
EOT27 (1)24 (0)26 (0)18 (-1)23 (8)22 (0)8 (-4)18 (5)23 (1)
EOT+427 (1)26 (2)26 (0)19 (0)22 (7)23 (1)8 (-4)18 (5)25 (3)

Gait Speed
(m/s)
Base1.3720.9111.5240.9140.7680.9510.4180.6461.301
EOT1.49 (0.12)1.11 (0.2)1.28 (-0.25)1.0 (0.08)0.9 (0.11)1.0 (0.05)0.57 (0.15)0.9 (0.25)1.27 (-0.03)
EOT+41.32 (-0.06)1.05 (0.14)1.33 (-0.2)1.03 (0.11)0.99 (0.22)1.0 (0.05)0.26 (-0.16)0.83 (0.18)1.38 (0.08)

ABCBase98.7574.6987.568.757083.7554.3849.3886.88
EOT96.88
(-1.88)
88.13
(13.44)
96.88
(9.38)
80.63
(11.25)
64.38
(-5.62)
83.13
(-0.62)
80.63
(26.25)
65
(15.63)
80.63
(-6.25)
EOT+499.38
(0.62)
85 (10.31)96.56
(9.06)
69.06
(16.88)
74.38
(4.38)
82.5
(-1.25)
69.06
(14.69)
70
(20.63)
91.25
(4.38)

PDQ-SIBase9.614.75.115.424.431.435.338.517.9
EOT5.8 (-3.8)17.3 (2.6)1.3 (-3.8)16 (0.6)30.8 (6.4)31.1 (0.7)26.9 (-8.4)34 (-4.5)16.7 (-1.2)
EOT+45.1
(-4.5)
10.9
(-3.8)
3.2
(-1.9)
12.2
(-3.2)
12.8
(-11.6)
34
(2.6)
41
(5.7)
32.7
(-5.8)
15.4
(-2.5)

Abbreviations: = change from baseline; ABC = Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale; EOT = end of treatment; EOT+4 = end of treatment +4 weeks; MCID = minimal clinical important difference; MDC = minimal detectable change; MiniBEST = MiniBEST test; PDQ-SI = Parkinson’s Disease Quality of Life Summary Index; UPDRS III = Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Part III Motor. Note: italic = improvement meeting minimal clinical important difference (MCID) or minimal detectable change (MCD).