Research Article

Executive Function and Postural Instability in People with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 5

Correlations between cognitive function, the gait and balance measures, and UPDRS derived scores for the PD group.

  TBS scoreTGS scoreTTS scoreBBS scoreTUG (s)FR (cm)UPDRS (III)Tremor scoreRigidity scorePIGD

ACE score.371 (.107).241 (.306).283 (.227).337 (.146)−.370 (.119)−.073 (.760)−.364 (.115)−.509 (.022)−.187 (.429)−.290 (.215)
MMSE score.310 (.184).290 (.215).288 (.217).143 (.546)−.366 (.123)−.078 (.744)−.453 (.045)−.571 (.009)−.336 (.147)−.149 (.531)
TMT-A (s)−.609 (.004)−.370 (.109)−.491 (.028)−.437 (.054).509 (.026)−.286 (.221).637 (.003).266 (.257).619 (.004).466 (.038)
TMT-B (s)−.530 (.016)−.390 (.089)−.461 (.041)−.464 (.039).440 (.059)−.281 (.230).513 (.021).112 (.639).445 (.049).491 (.028)
TMT-B (error)−.533 (.015)−.513  (.021)−.587 (.007)−.431 (.058).161 (.511)−.186 (.433).467 (.038)−.232 (.325).488 (.029).478 (.033)
TMT-B-A (s)−.460 (.041)−.412 (.071)−.435 (.055).523 (.018).451 (.053)−.217 (.358).418 (.067).084 (.724).343 (.138).486 (.030)

Note: 1 PD participant made a single error on the TMT-A. The numbers in parentheses are values. Significant correlations are marked in bold.