Association of Strength and Physical Functions in People with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 2

Correlation of PT and PT/BW with functional tests and diagnostic time.

	Diagnostic Time		STS30		TUG		6MW
	r	p	r	p	rho	p	rho	p
PT R	0.327	0.059	0.478	0.004	- 0.460	0.005	0.572	≤ 0.001
PT/BW R	0.194	0.272	0.483	0.003	- 0.416	0.013	0.591	≤ 0.001
PT R	0.319	0.066	0.404	0.016	- 0.409	0.015	0.587	≤ 0.001
PT/BW R	0.199	0.258	0.407	0.015	- 0.363	0.032		≤ 0.001
PT R	0.297	0.088	0.437	0.009	- 0.466	0.005	0.587	≤ 0.001
PT/BW R	0.167	0.345	0.435	0.009	- 0.374	0.027	0.569	≤ 0.001
PT L	0.353	0.041	0.428	0.010	- 0.540	0.001	0.447	0.008
PT/BW L	0.247	0.159	0.447	0.007	- 0.523	0.001	0.495	0.003
PT L	0.349	0.043	0.437	0.009	- 0.568	≤ 0.001	0.462	0.006
PT/BW L	0.229	0.192	0.448	0.007	- 0.543	≤ 0.001	0.499	0.003
PT L	0.335	0.053	0.445	0.007	- 0.533	≤ 0.001	0.443	0.009
PT/BW L	0.207	0.241	0.449	0.007	- 0.500	0.002	0.459	0.006

STS30 = 30 seconds sit-to-stand; TUG = timed-up-go; 6MW = six-minute walk; PT = peak torque absolute; PT/BW = peak torque relative; R = right side; L = left side; , , and = order sets; = strongest correlation.