Research Article

Effects of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Fatigue and Activities of Daily Living in People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Study

Table 3

Comparison between the case and control groups in PFS and FIM tests.

VariableComparison between intervention and control group

MFIS
T7.965
<0.001
Effect size (r)0.92
Effect size (d)4.80
PFS
T6.451
<0.001
Effect size (r)0.88
Effect size (d)3.89
FIM cognitive outcome
T−1.753
0.106
Effect size (r)0.46
Effect size (d)−1.05
FIM motor outcome
T−5.921
<0.001
Effect size (r)0.87
Effect size (d)−3.57
FIM total score
T−6.860
<0.001
Effect size (r)0.90
Effect size (d)−4.13

T is a statistic of independence t-test and value () shows the level of significance before and after intervention for both groups. Effect size (r): numeric difference in change of outcome measure among groups. Effect size index (d): Cohen d standard effect size index.