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Table 1 Characteristics of participants (N = 12)

From: Measuring prefrontal cortical activity during dual task walking in patients with Parkinson’s disease: feasibility of using a new portable fNIRS device

Age (years)

70.1 ± 5.4

Gender (men)

7

Years since diagnosis PD

5.7 ± 3.3

Hoehn and Yahr stage (2/2.5/3)

4/5/3

Walking aid in daily life (yes/no)

3/9

Number of falls in previous 6 months (0/1/2/7)

5/2/4/1

Education (possible range 1–7)a

5.7 ± 1.3

MMSE (possible range 0–30)b

27.4 ± 2.0

LAPAQ (kcals/day)

630.3 ± 712.1

FES-I (possible range 16–64)c

29.3 ± 8.2

Number of different medications used

5.3 ± 2.7

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviation or frequency
  2. PD Parkinson’s disease, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, LAPAQ Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam Physical Activity Questionnaire, FES-I Fall Efficacy Scale International
  3. aAccording to Verhage and colleagues [30]
  4. bHigher scores indicating better global cognitive functioning
  5. cHigher scores indicating more fear of falling
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Pilot and Feasibility Studies

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