Research Article

The Therapeutic Effect of Nordic Walking on Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Factors affecting FOGQ, TUG results, and the PTFMB total score before and after NW training.

FOGQTUGPTFMB total
SSSSSS

Intercept124.67<0.0001616.44<0.000110.350.0003
Group2.200.52112.58<0.000112.76<0.0001
Disease duration45.490.017.150.151.020.22
Timepoint4.810.061.600.190.410.10
Timepoint ∗ group391.59<0.0001190.47<0.000146.21<0.0001
Timepoint ∗ disease duration0.240.660.030.860.200.24

SS: sum of squares for the effect (variance explained by the effect).