Research Article
Which Aspects of Postural Control Differentiate between Patients with Parkinson’s Disease with and without Freezing of Gait?
Table 1
Clinical variables of nonfreezers, freezers, and controls.
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Median and 25th percentile and 75th percentile (Q25 and Q75) are presented between brackets. Larger difference in degrees indicates greater difference between right and left leg and thus greater proprioceptive deficit. Abbreviations: H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr stadium; DD: disease duration; FOGQ tot: total score of the freezing of gait questionnaire; MMSE: mini mental state examination; UPDRS: unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale; NA: not applicable; *significant difference (K-W: < 0.05) between 3 groups (group effect); **significant difference (M-WU: < 0.05) between freezers and nonfreezers (post hoc effects). |