Balance Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease: The Role of Posturography in Developing a Rehabilitation Program
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients and controls.
Variable
All patients ()
Controls ()
value
Patients at low risk of fall ()
value
Sex (M/F)
12/17
3/9
0.480
10/13
0.463
Age (years)
69.2 ± 8.8
66.5 ± 6.3
0.322
67.8 ± 8.5
0.649
Weight (kilograms)
75.8 ± 10.4
73.4 ± 9.6
0.48
75.9 ± 11.3
0.52
Height (centimeters)
173.7 ± 8.2
172.6 ± 9.0
0.69
174.4 ± 7.3
0.51
Education (years)
10.06 ± 4.8
10.5 ± 5.4
0.80
10.1 ± 4.7
0.86
Disease duration (years)
10.6 ± 5.2
11.2 ± 5.0
UPDRS III
18.6 ± 5.5
18.1 ± 5.7
Side of disease onset (L/R)
18/11
12/11
L-DOPA equivalent (mg/day)
742.2 ± 336.4
792.2 ± 340.8
value for the comparison between all patients and controls. value for the comparison between patients at low risk of fall and controls. UPDRS III: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, part III, ON state.
