Association between Parkinson’s disease stages and locomotor performance classification: a pilot study
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,...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Colégio Brasileiro de Ciências do Esporte
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-32892025000100205&tlng=en |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2179-3255 |