Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the groups.

CharacteristicsStudy GroupControl GroupP-value
Mean±SD n
Gender Female/Male5/76/60.682b
Age71.83±9.7172.75±9.230.885+
H&Y stage 2.5/36/68/40.408b
Duration6.83±3.786.91±5.070.704+
Mini Mental Test28.92±1.1729.25±1.220.383+
UPDRS Motor20.41±7.3021.66±8.100.728+
UPDRS ADL13.25±6.9212.58±4.680.772+
CDP-SOT
 Position 5th23.99±28.5437.99±32.170.308+
 Position 6th11.64±23.3939.1±31.090.038+
 Composite51.66±13.5562.33±19.930.133+
CDP-Sensory
 SOM97.67±2.7494.25±8.670.812+
 VIS65.00±28.5670.42±28.600.488+
 VEST25.66±30.5941.58±33.890.224+
 PERF86.08±16.2389.50±28.390.080+
Clinical Balance Tests
 BBS40.91±7.9142.17±12.260.488+
 TUG16.59±8.2916.75±10.450.583+
 FRT12.96±3.2114.41±6.190.623+
  • N - Number of subject, SD - standard deviation, H&Y Stage - Modified Hoehn & Yahr Scale, UPDRS - Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale, ADL - activities of daily living, β - Chi square test, + - Mann Whitney U test, CDP-SOT - Computerized dynamic posturography – Sensory Organization Test, CDP-Sensory - Computerized dynamic posturography – sensory analysis, SOM - Somatosensory system score, VEST - Vestibular system score, VIS - Visual system score, PREF - Visual preference score, BBS - Berg Balance Scale, TUG - Timed Up and Go Test, FRT - Functional Reach Test