Research Article

Median and Ulnar Neuropathy Assessment in Parkinson’s Disease regarding Symptom Severity and Asymmetry

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of PD patients with median neuropathy versus without median neuropathy.

VariablesMedian neuropathy (+)Median neuropathy (−)

Mean age77.00 ± 2.6063.28 ± 10.030.003
PD duration (year)8.50 ± 4.185.96 ± 4.330.205
Age at PD onset68.50 ± 3.8357.32 ± 10.700.019
Tremor score1.83 ± 0.751.45 ± 0.970.390
Rigidity score2.50 ± 0.541.79 ± 0.830.059
UPDRS part III score30.66 ± 12.6119.66 ± 6.330.005
Hoehn and Yahr stage3.50 ± 1.042.54 ± 0.830.023
PDQ85.33 ± 15.4359.45 ± 23.240.016

Parkinson’s disease questionnaire.