Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the PD patients.

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

 

Mean (SD)

n

Demographic

 Age (years)

69.50 (5.45)

22

 Females

5

 Males

17

 Disease duration (years)

11.10 (6.04)

22

 Age at onset

58.24 (8.08)

22

Clinical characteristics

 MDS-UPDRS

  Total score

60.29 (19.71)

21

  Motor subscore (part III)

31.71 (10.03)

21

  Speech item (3.1)

1.43 (0.97)

21

  Finger tapping item (3.4)

2.47 (1.63)

21

  Gait item (3.10)

0.76 (0.62)

21

  Hoehn and Yahr score

2.28 (0.46)

22

  Minibest Test

22.05 (4.44)

21

Neuropsychological assessment

 MoCA

25.81 (2.38)

21

 Stroop test

  Naming interference time

111.50 (77.72)

20

  Naming interference errors

5.30 (6.10)

20

 Trail making test

  B/A ratio

2.91 (1.14)

21

  Digit Span (forward)

8.90 (1.94)

21

  Digit Span (backward)

5.76 (1.73)

21

  1. Maximal scores are 4 for speech item (3.1), 8 for finger tapping item (3.4), and 4 for gait item (3.10) of the MDS-UPDRS. Due to fatigue, note that some patients were not able to undergo the whole set of clinical or neuropsychological examinations
  2. MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society—Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment