Table 4 Comparison of KS20, AT20 and IS20, UPDRS finger tapping (FT) subscores between patients’ ‘On’ and ‘Off’ states.

From: Developing and assessing a new web-based tapping test for measuring distal movement in Parkinson’s disease: a Distal Finger Tapping test

Parameter

PD ‘Off’

PD ‘On’

p-value

Mean KS20 in taps (95% CI)

62.78 (50.06, 75.50)

71.78 (61.49, 82.07)

0.05a

Mean AT20 in msec (95% CI)

155.0 (118.3, 191.7)

153.1 (120.6, 185.7)

0.88a

Median IS20 in msec2 (IQR)

3452 (1833, 20,178)

1232 (845.3, 10,017)

0.04b

Mean MDS-UPDRS-FT (95% CI)

2 (1.37, 2.63)

1.5 (0.73, 2.27)

0.10a

  1. KS20, kinesia score; AT20, akinesia time; IS20, incoordination score; CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range.
  2. aTwo-tailed paired t-test.
  3. bWilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test.
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