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Table 2 Pre-post clinical parameters. Data are reported as mean ± s.d.

From: Walking to your right music: a randomized controlled trial on the novel use of treadmill plus music in Parkinson’s disease

parameter

group

pre

post

time×group

time

F(1,24), p

post-pre post-hoc

F(1,48), p

ICC(95%cl)

within-group

effect size

between-group

10MWT (sec)

RAS

7.5 ± 5

6.9 ± 5

1,0.7

0.92(0.86 to 0.95)

1, 0.1

0.7

0.06

0.7

non-RAS

7.4 ± 5

6.7 ± 4

1.3, 0.1

0.6

0.07

BBS (sec)

RAS

44 ± 8

49 ± 7

1, 0.6

0.08(0.06 to 0.09)

19, < 0.001

< 0.001

0.8

0.5

non-RAS

44 ± 8

48 ± 9

73, < 0.001

< 0.001

0.8

FES (scale score)

RAS

34 ± 9

28 ± 9

32, < 0.001

0(−0.28 to 0.28)

45, < 0.001

< 0.001

0.8

< 0.001

non-RAS

34 ± 9

31 ± 9

1, 0.2

0.2

0.1

FGA (scale score)

RAS

18 ± 2

22 ± 2

41, < 0.001

0(−0.28 to 0.28)

42, < 0.001

< 0.001

0.8

< 0.001

non-RAS

17 ± 2

20 ± 2

1, 0.1

0.1

0.1

TUG (sec)

RAS

11 ± 7

9 ± 9

5, 0.006

0.45(0.2 to 0.65)

43, < 0.001

< 0.001

0.8

0.6

non-RAS

11 ± 7

10 ± 7

5, 0.04

0.01

0.4

UPDRS (scale score)

RAS

29 ± 3

21 ± 5

10, < 0.001

0.45(0.2 to 0.65)

16, 0.001

< 0.001

0.8

0.001

non-RAS

31 ± 5

25 ± 8

9, 0.006

0.006

0.5

  1. 10MWT 10 m walking test, UPDRS Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, BBS Berg Balance Scale, FES Tinetti Falls Efficacy Scale, FGA Functional Gait Assessment, TUG timed up-and-go test, RAS Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation, ICC(95%cl) intraclass correlation coefficient and its 95% confidence limits for test-retest reliability calculation