Research Article

Deep Brain Stimulation Frequency of the Subthalamic Nucleus Affects Phonemic and Action Fluency in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 5

Distribution of delta values for phonemic and action fluency tasks.

Phonemic VFPhonemic VFAction VF
P versionFAS version

Delta value, mean SD4.05 (5.50)3.05 (6.73)2.40 (3.60)
Delta classification, (%)
 Improvement at 60 Hz14 (70)11 (55)10 (50)
 Worsening at 60 Hz2 (10)3 (15)3 (15)
 No difference2 (10)4 (20)3 (15)

SD: standard deviation; VF: verbal fluency.