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
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
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.