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Association between Parkinson’s disease stages and locomotor performance classification: a pilot study

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT The study aimed to evaluate the impairment of locomotion capacity in people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) using the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), classify performance against predicted distance, and investigate the association between the Locomotion Performance Classification (LPC) (A1, A2, and A3) with the stages between 1 to 4 of the disease, according to the Hoehn & Yahr (H&Y) scale. 32 individuals in stages 1 to 4 of the disease participated. We used Pearson's test in Jamovi software to correlate clinical and performance variables. The performance in the 6MWT was higher than predicted (465m covered; 439m predicted). The stages of the disease and the proposed LPC showed a moderate inverse correlation, r= -0.521; p= 0.002.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte

DOI: 10.1590/rbce.47.e20240071

Authors: Vinicius Baia da Silva, Marcelo Coertjens, Lucas Meireles Matos, Leandro Tolfo Franzoni, Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga, Elren Passos-Monteiro

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Pará, Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, University of Pavia

Language: English

Topic: Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

Subfield: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $250