Research Article
Acute and Chronic Effect of Acoustic and Visual Cues on Gait Training in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Study
Table 1
Baseline parameters.
| | | Acoustic cues | Visual cues | Controls |
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Number of subjects | 11 | 11 | 24 | | Age (years, m ± sd.) | 78.1 ± 6.1 | 73.2 ± 6.9 | 72.1 ± 7.3 | | Sex (F/M) | 4/7 | 6/5 | 12/12 | Disease duration
(years, m ± sd.) | 10.0 ± 3.1 | 9.0 ± 2.4 | 10.5 ± 5.2 | | Patients with freezing (%) | 21.2% | 20.6% | 22.1% | | UPDRS-III | 32.1 ± 9.8 | 29.1 ± 7.9 | 32.8 ± 10.8 | | FIM score | 102.0 ± 10.2 | 105.8 ± 11.5 | 101.9 ± 19.2 | Number of strides
(m ± sd.) | 7.2 ± 3.3 | 6.8 ± 2.5 | 7.0 ± 4.1 | | Stride duration (ms) | 1250.5 ± 317.2 | 1362.9 ± 216.6 | 1336.7 ± 247.9 | | Stride length (cm) | 83.5 ± 25.7 | 84.8 ± 19.2 | 86.3 ± 20.5 | | Stance (% of stride) | 73.8 ± 7.5 | 71.3 ± 3.5 | 69.5 ± 6.0 | | Swing (% of stride) | 26.2 ± 7.5 | 28.7 ± 3.5 | 30.5 ± 6.0 | | Speed (m/s) | 0.63 ± 0.22 | 0.62 ± 0.1 | 0.64 ± 0.2 |
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