Table 3 Six months after surgery, in the cross-over period (V4/5), there were no significant differences between OS and DS with regard to motor and non-motor symptoms during the chronic evaluation (i.e., after 3-week stimulation blocks of each condition)
Omnidirectional | Directional | Omnidirectional vs. Directional | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | p value | z value | n | |
MDS-UPDRS I | 11.16 ± 8.49 | 11.00 ± 5.94 | 0.909 | −0.114 | 17 |
MDS-UPDRS II | 18.16 ± 9.32 | 19.06 ± 9.19 | 0.568 | −0.571 | 18 |
MDS-UPDRS III | 28.63 ± 12.91 | 32.42 ± 15.07 | 0.121 | −1.550 | 19 |
MDS-UPDRS IV | 8.17 ± 4.89 | 8.78 ± 4.45 | 0.925 | −0.095 | 17 |
VDR | |||||
Task accuracy | 0.70 ± 0.29 | 0.69 ± 0.23 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 17 |
Task reaction time | 2.56 ± 0.51 | 2.54 ± 0.59 | 0.845 | −0.196 | 18 |
Oddball accuracy | 0.96 ± 0.08 | 0.94 ± 0.11 | 0.271 | −1.100 | 18 |
Oddball reaction time | 0.91 ± 0.32 | 0.85 ± 0.27 | 0.267 | −1.111 | 18 |
SDR | |||||
Task accuracy | 0.25 ± 0.12 | 0.22 ± 0.09 | 0.355 | −0.924 | 17 |
Task reaction time | 1.83 ± 0.64 | 1.71 ± 0.53 | 0.918 | −0.103 | 16 |
Oddball accuracy | 0.64 ± 0.26 | 0.57 ± 0.26 | 0.265 | −1.115 | 17 |
Oddball reaction time | 1.09 ± 0.35 | 1.01 ± 0.33 | 0.469 | −0.724 | 16 |
FoG-AC | 11.47 ± 13.02 | 12.80 ± 13.80 | 0.129 | −1.517 | 15 |
CAPSIT | |||||
Steps | 39.11 ± 20.55 | 42.00 ± 22.02 | 0.072 | −1.801 | 17 |
Time (s) | 27.44 ± 23.74 | 31.82 ± 34.04 | 0.142 | −1.468 | 17 |
Freezing episodes | 1.56 ± 3.75 | 1.53 ± 3.63 | 0.131 | −1.511 | 17 |
MoCA | 26.53 ± 3.15 | 27.83 ± 1.92 | 0.080 | −1.753 | 17 |
Executive | 3.89 ± 1.05 | 4.47 ± 0.84 | 0.071 | −1.805 | 19 |
Naming | 2.84 ± 0.69 | 3.00 ± 0.00 | 0.317 | −1.000 | 18 |
Attention | 5.58 ± 0.69 | 5.44 ± 0.86 | 0.206 | −1.265 | 18 |
Language | 2.44 ± 0.62 | 2.32 ± 0.82 | 0.366 | −0.905 | 18 |
Abstraction | 1.89 ± 0.32 | 2.00 ± 0.00 | 0.157 | −1.414 | 18 |
Delayed recall | 3.95 ± 1.31 | 4.37 ± 0.83 | 0.323 | −0.988 | 19 |
Orientation | 5.95 ± 0.23 | 6.00 ± 0.00 | 0.317 | −1.000 | 19 |
BDI | 13.56 ± 7.25 | 14.88 ± 6.91 | 0.448 | −0.758 | 17 |
AS | 16.11 ± 4.58 | 17.58 ± 4.49 | 0.646 | −0.406 | 16 |
DBS-IS | 25.94 ± 14.61 | 28.06 ± 12.52 | 0.674 | −0.421 | 17 |
LARS | −22.47 ± 7.33 | −20.61 ± 10.14 | 0.275 | −1.091 | 18 |
PDQ-39 | |||||
Mobility | 19.22 ± 10.73 | 21.13 ± 8.16 | 0.380 | −0.877 | 15 |
Activities of daily living | 9.06 ± 5.68 | 9.72 ± 5.06 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 17 |
Emotions | 8.06 ± 4.56 | 9.00 ± 4.04 | 0.318 | −0.999 | 17 |
Stigma | 3.50 ± 3.24 | 4.39 ± 2.43 | 0.304 | −1.027 | 17 |
Social support | 1.94 ± 2.31 | 2.53 ± 2.27 | 0.094 | −1.672 | 17 |
Cognition | 5.00 ± 3.27 | 6.38 ± 2.90 | 0.477 | −0.711 | 15 |
Communication | 4.06 ± 3.42 | 4.53 ± 2.74 | 0.832 | −0.212 | 16 |
Bodily discomfort | 5.11 ± 2.61 | 5.35 ± 2.34 | 0.640 | −0.467 | 16 |
