Research Article
Wearable Sensors Measure Ankle Joint Changes of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease before and after Acute Levodopa Challenge
Table 3
Correlation between objectively and subjectively acquired motor improvement in PD patients.
| | rs | |
| H-Y stage vs OFF HS | −0.419 | 0.024 | H-Y stage vs OFF 3-PF | −0.287 | 0.131 | H-Y stage vs OFF 4-DF | −0.229 | 0.231 | Stride length improvement vs HS improvement | 0.616 | <0.001 | Stride length improvement vs 3-PF improvement | 0.639 | <0.001 | Stride length improvement vs 4-DF improvement | 0.357 | 0.058 | Rigidity item improvement vs HS improvement | 0.389 | 0.037 | Rigidity item improvement vs 3-PF improvement | 0.373 | 0.046 | Rigidity item improvement vs 4-DF improvement | 0.141 | 0.465 |
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H–Y stage: Hoehn–Yahr stage. Rigidity items: UPDRS motor subsection item 22. HS: heel strike angle. 3-PF: 3-plantarflexion angle of ankle joints. 4-DF: 4-dorsiflexion angle of ankle joints. ; . |