Gait Characteristics and Brain Activity in Parkinson’s Disease with Concomitant Postural Abnormalities

Yao Meng-sha, Zhou Li-che, Tan Yu-yan, Jiang Hong, Chen Zhi-chun, Zhu Lin, Luo Ning-di, Wu Quan-zhou, Kang Wen-yan, Liu Jun

Table 3 Gait parameters of PD patients.

PD - CCPS (n=21) PD + CCPS (n=16) p value Gait-related scales  BBS 54.0(50.0, 55.0)a 43.5(40.3, 49.8) 0.002b  TUG (s) 10.3(8.5, 12.2)a 16.1(10.8, 18.5) 0.004b Kinematic parameters  Cadence (steps/min) 105.0±12.8 104.4±14.8 0.905c  Double support time (s) 0.24(0.21, 0.31) 0.25(0.22, 0.30) 0.660b  Step time (s) 0.6±0.1 0.6±0.1 0.937c  Step length/height (m/m) 0.32(0.30, 0.35) 0.30(0.26, 0.34) 0.059b  Step width/height (m/m) 0.09(0.07, 0.10) 0.09(0.06, 0.11) 0.774b  Stride time (s) 1.2±0.1 1.2±0.2 0.842c  Stride length/height (m/m) 0.64±0.07 0.58±0.13 0.068c  Walking speed/height (/s) 0.56±0.11 0.50±0.13 0.138c Dynamic parameters  Pelvic tilt (°) 19.0±7.1 22.2±9.5 0.256c  Pelvic obliquity (°) 5.3(4.4, 6.8) 3.7(3.0, 4.3) 0.004b  Pelvic rotation (°) 8.2(5.3, 9.5) 7.7(4.2, 13.0) 1.000b  Knee flexion range (°) 54.5±8.5 54.9±11.1 0.903c  Ankle flexion range (°) 29.7±5.3 29.7±5.7 0.989c CoM  Lowering of CoM (yes/no, n) 5/16 9/6d 0.028e