The Effect of Visual Feedback on Writing Size in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

	Controls ()	PD ()	Difference ( value)
Gender, male	14	13	0.78
Age, years	64.0 (9.1)	64.4 (8.7)	0.86
EHI	77.0 (52.2)	80.2 (39.5)	0.95
SCOPA-Cog	28.5 (4.6)	29.9 (4.9)	0.80
UPDRS III	—	22.0 (13.5)	—
Disease duration (years)	—	6.0 (5.1)	—
LED (mg)	—	764 (425)	—

Data presented as means with standard deviation in parentheses where appropriate.
PD: Parkinson’s disease; EHI: Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (range −100–+100); SCOPA-Cog: PD Score on cognition (range 0–43); UPDRS III: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, part III, concerning motor symptoms (range 0–76); LED: levodopa equivalent dose.
for the SCOPA-Cog in this group.