Clinical Study
High-Cadence Cycling Promotes Sustained Improvement in Bradykinesia, Rigidity, and Mobility in Individuals with Mild-Moderate Parkinson’s Disease
Table 1
Participant demographics.
| Demographics | Dynamic cycling () | Stretching () | value |
| Age (y) | 69.9 ± 7.4 | 70.0 ± 6.4 | 0.972 | Gender (M/F) | 4/4 | 5/3 | — | Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) | 1.4 ± 0.52 | 1.9 ± 0.35 | 0.043 | Height (cm) | 173.3 ± 6.1 | 175.6 ± 10.0 | 0.602 | Weight (kg) | 77.6 ± 9.5 | 94.3 ± 19.2 | 0.044 | Physical activity (steps/day) | 4,096.18 ± 2,995.9 | 4,207.26 ± 3,115.5 | 0.366 | Duration of PD (y) | 4.50 ± 1.6 | 6.38 ± 2.56 | 0.101 | UPDRS baseline | 14.13 ± 2.1 | 14.38 ± 3.5 | 0.866 |
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Values represent mean ± standard deviations. values <0.05, independent samples t-test. |