Research Article

Effect of Exercise on Motor and Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline.

General exercise
()
mean (SD)
LSVT BIG therapy ()
mean (SD)
value

Age64.0 (4.2)62.8 (13.9)0.85
Years since diagnosis4.5 (3.3)2.9 (1.5)0.40
Hoehn and Yahr stage1.3 (0.5)1.8 (0.5)0.21
UPDRS (total)27.0 (10.2)28.0 (8.1)0.97
UPDRS (motor)18.4 (5.6)17.2 (5.8)0.75
BDI6.6 (2.3)10.5 (4.8)0.15
BAI9.0 (5.2)6.0 (4.7)0.37
MFIS15.6 (11.4)27.7 (9.7)0.18