Parkinson’s Disease and Forced Exercise: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Mean scores (and SD) of control and exercise groups.

Finger tap R

UPDRS-III score

BBS score

Finger tap L

PDQ-39 total score

Range = 0–108

Range = 0–56

Mean taps per 10

Range = 0–156

Time; 1

Time; 2

Time; 3

Time; 1

Time; 2

Time; 3

Time; 1

Time; 2

Time; 3

Time; 1

Time; 2

Time; 3

Experimental; 𝑛=13

15.7; (6.2)

14.2; (8.4)

10.4; (4.8)

47.6; (9.6)

46.8; (11.3)

48; (10. 4)

48.5; (8.8)

46.2; (11.4)

47; (10.4)

34; (22.3)

29.8; (23.6)

30.6; (20.8)

44.2; (9.3)

38; (9.1)

40.5; (8.5)

Control; 𝑛=10

16.9; (6.5)

15; (6.8)

14.1; (7.1)

44; (9.6)

46.7; (8.2)

47.9; (7.2)

42.8; (13.7)

43.2; (14.0)

43.4; (15.4)

62; (28.2)

50.3; (27.2)

48.7; (31.9)

39.3; (14.4)

40.7; (14.7)

41.6; (14.5)

Time 1: baseline; Time 2: immediate follow-up; Time 3: 4-month follow-up.
Higher UPDRS-III and PDQ-39 scores indicate more severe symptoms.
Time 3: three control participants and one experimental participant failed to return for follow-up testing.