Table 1 Demographic and disease characteristics of movement disorders patients and healthy controls.

From: Slowed Movement Stopping in Parkinson’s Disease and Focal Dystonia is Improved by Standard Treatment

 

Parkinson’s Disease

Subset of Parkinson’s Disease patients who underwent assessment at OFF and ON phase

Cervical Dystonia

Writer’s Cramp

Healthy participants

Number

30

22

20

10

20

Male (%)

63%

64%

70%

100%

75%

Age in years (Mean ± SD)

59 ± 14.1**

66.5 ± 6.5**

43.3 ± 11.9 NS

53 ± 4.1 NS

37.4 ± 13.3

Disease Duration in years (Mean ± SD)

6.5 ± 4.3

6.2 ± 2.2

5.4 ± 2.3

3.2 ± 1.7

NA

Severity scale (Mean ± SD)

UPDRS III (OFF) 30.7 ± 10.6

H&Y (OFF) 3.2 ± 1.05

UPDRS III (OFF) 25.9 ± 6.8

H&Y (OFF) 2.4 ± 1.0

TWSTRS

14.1 ± 9.7

WCRS

5.29 ± 1.25

NA

  1. The motor severity of Parkinson’s disease was estimated using Movement Disorders Society- Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale-III (MDS UPDRS III). The severity of cervical dystonia was estimated by Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS) – pain and disability score. The severity of Writer’s cramp was estimated via the Writer’s cramp rating scale (WCRS) total score. Ages for the patient groups have been compared with the healthy participant cohort; **P < 0.001; NS, not significantly different (P > 0.05).
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