Postural Stability in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Is Improved after Stochastic Resonance Therapy

Table 4

Pearson’s correlations (significance) of motor symptoms’ change after treatment with age, sex, duration of disease, levodopa dosage, and falls frequency in the treatment group.

	Age	Sex	Duration	Levodopa	Hoehn & Yahr
UPDRS sum score	−0.471 (0.010)	−0.027 (0.887)	−0.056 (0.774)	−0.089 (0.648)	0.166 (0.381)
Pull-test	−0.153 (0.429)	0.062 (0.750)	0.179 (0.361)	−0.270 (0.156)	0.233 (0.215)
Tinetti sum score	−0.044 (0.820)	0.054 (0.782)	−0.424 (0.024)	−0.068 (0.724)	0.451 (0.012)
Posturography	0.142 (0.518)	−0.030 (0.892)	−0.072 (0.750)	0.152 (0.488)	0.160 (0.419)
8MW	−0.309 (0.518)	−0.088 (0.323)	−0.172 (0.381)	−0.166 (0.388)	0.482 (0.009)
TUG	0.030 (0.876)	0.147 (0.446)	0.180 (0.361)	0.153 (0.428)	0.405 (0.027)

UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; 8MW: 8-meter walk; TUG: timed up-and-go; values indicate Pearson’s correlation. Change represents the difference between pre- and posttreatment values given in percent. Duration: duration of disease; levodopa: total daily dosage.