Postural Stability in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Is Improved after Stochastic Resonance Therapy
Table 3
Effect of whole body vibration at baseline and after treatment (within-group comparison).
Sham ()
Experimental ()
Mean
Difference (%)
p value
Mean
Difference (%)
p value
Posturography pre [mm]
272,02 59,87
−8,16 (−3,00)
0,483
356,53 212,06
−62,7 (−17,57)
0,005
Posturography post
263,86 64,26
293,86 144,50
TUG pre [sec.]
12,21 10,60
−1.74 (−14,33)
0,064
11,13 10,08
−2.82 (−25,33)
0,071
TUG post
10,46 7,73
8,31 3,65
Tinetti sum score pre
21,64 7,39
+0.28 (+1,29)
0,631
23,10 4,85
+1.14 (+4,93)
0,030
Tinetti sum score post
21,92 7,61
24,24 3,30
8MW pre [sec.]
6,72 3,28
−0.18 (−2,82)
0,592
6,695 2,62
−0.58 (−8,75)
0,011
8MW post
6,53 3,03
6,109 1,86
UPDRS sum score pre
25,36 10,51
−3.92 (−15,45)
0,000
24,79 13,39
−5,93 (−23,92)
0,000
UPDRS sum score post
21,44 10,79
18,86 12,53
UPDRS speech facial pre
2,80 1,41
−0.44 (−15,71)
0,024
2,20 1,61
−0.03 (−1,36)
0,912
UPDRS speech facial post
2,36 1,38
2,17 1,25
UPDRS tremor pre
1,48 1,78
−0,24 (−16,21)
0,327
2,24 2,76
−0,69 (−30,80)
0,006
UPDRS tremor post
1,24 1,78
1,55 2,69
UPDRS bradykinesia pre
13,24 5,62
−1,92 (−14,50)
0,008
12,66 6,26
−3,01 (−23,77)
0,001
UPDRS bradykinesia post
11,32 5,78
9,65 6,65
UPDRS rigor pre
2,72 2,86
−0,68 (−25,00)
0,216
3,72 3,94
−1,55 (−41.66)
0,001
UPDRS rigor post
2,04 2,52
2,17 2,92
UPDRS pull-test pre
1,56 1,15
−0.08 (−5,12)
0,491
1,34 0,89
−0,24 (−17,91)
0,032
UPDRS pull-test post
1,48 1,15
1,10 0,93
Values are indicated as mean SD; “pre” indicates baseline scores, “post” indicates scores after the last treatment. Significant values are bold. Differences are reported as absolute value and percentage.
