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

Table 4

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

	Diagnostic Time		STS30		TUG		6MW
	r	p	r	p	rho	p	rho	p
PT R	0.085	0.840	0.920	≤ 0.001	-0.548	0.160	0.619	0.102
PT/BW R	- 0.018	0.966	0.923	≤ 0.001	-0.619	0.102	0.714	0.47
PT R	0.150	0.723	0.720	0.044	-0.619	0.102	0.667	0.071
PT/BW R	0.034	0.936	0.723	0.043	-0.595	0.120	0.667	0.071
PT R	0.198	0.638	0.776	0.024	-0.714	0.047	0.738	0.037
PT/BW R	0.100	0.815	0.801	0.017	-0.595	0.120	0.667	0.071
PT L	0.155	0.714	0.911	0.002	-0.778	0.023	0.850	0.007
PT/BW L	0.087	0.838	0.914	0.002	-0.778	0.023	0.850	0.007
PT L	0.203	0.629	0.924	≤ 0.001	-0.898	0.002	0.922	≤ 0.001
PT/BW L	0.130	0.758	0.94	≤ 0.001	-0.826	0.011	0.898	0.002
PT L	0.076	0.858	0.908	0.002	-0.707	0.050	0.731	0.040
PT/BW L	- 0.007	0.987	0.907	0.002	-0.707	0.050	0.731	0.040

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.