Research Article

Technology-Assisted Rehabilitation of Writing Skills in Parkinson’s Disease: Visual Cueing versus Intelligent Feedback

Table 1

General characteristics: median and interquartile ranges are displayed.

Cue Feedback -value

PD/CT6/44/50.498
Age (years)66.5 (55.0, 69.0)52.0 (50.5, 68.5)0.356
Gender (M/F)6/44/50.498
Handedness (R/L)9/17/20.842
MMSE (0–30)28.5 (26.5, 30.0)29.0 (28.5, 30.0)0.447
MAM-16 (0–64)60.0 (52.5, 63.3)64.0 (61.0, 64.0)0.065

PD specific
Disease duration (years)12.0 (7.3, 21.3)5.5 (2.0, 9.0)0.114
LED (mg/24 h)740.0 (180.2, 1081.7)482.5 (345.0, 515.0)0.476
MDS-UPDRS-III (0–132)35.5 (31.5, 44.0)22.0 (13.3, 33.0)0.067
NFOG-Q (0–24)0.0 (0.0, 12.3)0.0 (0.0, 9.0)0.914

CT = healthy control; F = female; L = left; LED = Levodopa Equivalent Dose; M = male; MAM-16 = Manual Ability Measure; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; R = right; MDS-UPDRS-III = Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale part III; PD = Parkinson’s disease; NFOG-Q = New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire.