Table 1 Results obtained in the oral diadochokinesia, finger tapping, and gait tasks

From: Heightened orofacial, manual, and gait variability in Parkinson’s disease results from a general rhythmic impairment

Domain of motor rhythm

Mean (SD)

n

Orofacial

 IVI (ms)

183.90 (34.07)

22

 IVIs SD

48.68 (22.50)

22

Manual

 Paced

 ITI (ms)

481.43 (121.72)

21

 ITIs SD

78.87 (57.25)

21

 Unpaced

 ITI (ms)

585.80 (289.80)

22

 ITIs SD

147.20 (185.65)

22

Gait

 STI (ms)

1112.65 (114.26)

22

 STIs SD

29.75 (13.86)

22

Rhythm perception

 d′

1.91 (0.90)

21

  1. Note that we could not obtain the rhythm perception and the finger tapping scores for one patient due to issues in data recording
  2. IVI inter-vowel interval, ITI inter-tap interval, SD standard deviation, STI stride time interval
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