Patient-reported and performance-based measures of walking in mild-moderate Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge of the relationships between patient-reported and performance-based walking measures in Parkinson's disease (PD) should inform clinical decision-making. The Walk-12G reliably captures perceived walking difficulties but has not been compared to performance-based walking in laboratory or free-living settings or across different groups.

Objectives

To investigate the relationship between patient-reported walking difficulties (Walk-12G) and performance-based walking in laboratory and free-living conditions and to determine whether the Walk-12G can distinguish between the subgroups, (i) people with/without PD and (ii) mild/moderate disease stages.

Methods

Forty-seven people without and 49 people with PD (Hoehn and Yahr stage II and III) were assessed in

SUBMITTER: Leavy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160642 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature