Research Article

Lack of Short-Term Effectiveness of Rotating Treadmill Training on Turning in People with Mild-to-Moderate Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Older Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Study

Table 2

Five-day rotating treadmill training results for the trained direction.

Day 1 PREDay 1 POSTDay 5 POST

Fwd gait velocity (cm/sec)105.1 ± 24.1109.8 ± 18.3110.4 ± 24.6
Fast gait velocity (cm/sec)149.3 ± 25.5149.5 ± 28.0152.5 ± 26.2
TUG (sec)12.0 ± 3.312.0 ± 3.512.1 ± 2.7
Turn duration (sec)2.7 ± 0.82.6 ± 0.92.5 ± 0.8
Steps to turn4.6 ± 0.54.6 ± 0.64.4 ± 0.5
NHTO (% Gait Cycle)−30.7 ± 11.4−24.3 ± 7.6−23.5 ± 12.9
NTTO (% Gait Cycle)−25.1 ± 9.5−24.7 ± 8.4−22.5 ± 13.7
NPTO (% Gait Cycle)−24.0 ± 10.7−22.8 ± 8.8−20.1 ± 13.1

Values are means ± SDs.