Occupational Therapy for Parkinsonian Patients: A Retrospective Study
Table 2
Baseline values of the clinical, motor, and functional outcome variables for all patients as a whole and grouped in H&Y < 3 and in H&Y stage ≥3, with values for between-group comparisons.
Variable
All patients T0
H&Y < 3
H&Y ≥ 3
O’CT (s)
499.6 ± 133.4
466.9 ± 117.6
541.5 ± 141.1
<0.0001
MMDT placing test 1 (s)
103.5 ± 23.4
97.9 ± 18.7
110.3 ± 26.5
<0.0001
MMDT placing test 2 (s)
97.8 ± 23.3
92.8 ± 19.5
103.8 ± 26.0
<0.0001
MMDT placing test total score (s)
201.2 ± 45.9
190.3 ± 37.9
214.3 ± 51.1
<0.0001
MMDT turning test 1 (s)
24.2 ± 8.6
22.1 ± 6.3
26.7 ± 10.3
<0.0001
MMDT turning test 2 (s)
25.6 ± 9.5
23.2 ± 6.7
28.5 ± 11.5
<0.0001
MMDT turning test 3 (s)
21.8 ± 7.0
20.0 ± 5.6
24.1 ± 7.9
<0.0001
MMDT turning test 4 (s)
22.9 ± 7.8
20.9 ± 6.1
25.2 ± 9.1
<0.0001
MMDT turning test total score (s)
94.2 ± 30.2
86.0 ± 22.4
104.2 ± 35.3
<0.0001
UPDRS part II
14.3 ± 5.0
12.1 ± 4.0
16.8 ± 4.8
<0.0001
UPDRS part III
19.8 ± 5.5
17.9 ± 4.5
21.9 ± 5.8
<0.0001
SPDDS
72.0 ± 13.6
68.8 ± 12.6
75.8 ± 13.9
<0.0001
O’CT (O’Connor finger dexterity test); MMDT (Minnesota manual dexterity test); UPDRS (unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale); SPDDS (self-assessment Parkinson’s disease disability Scale). Reported values are from the Mann–Whitney U test (between-group comparison, H&Y ≥ 3 vs H&Y < 3).
