Use of a Smartphone to Gather Parkinson’s Disease Neurological Vital Signs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Table 2
Summary statistics for virtual MDS-UPDRS III ratings and performance on the digital neurological vital signs.
Total
More affected
Less affected
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
vMDS-UPDRS-III (pts)
UE subscore
10.78
4.1
6.39
2.61
4.39
2.5
LE subscore
4.48
2.5
2.78
1.65
1.7
1.29
Bradykinesia subscore-UE
8.52
3.01
4.87
1.74
3.65
1.61
Tremor subscore-UE
2.26
2.51
1.57
1.8
0.7
1.4
Finger tapping score
3.43
1.24
1.91
0.73
1.52
0.67
mUPDRS-III
23.65
8.56
PIGD subscore
3.13
1.87
FTT
Number of taps
93.64
18.22
89.33
18.66
97.96
17.77
Number of errors
1.57
3.19
1.26
2.36
1.87
3.85
Intertap interval (msec)
326.72
70.35
344.69
81.49
308.74
57.08
Number of freezes
3.22
7.7
4.63
10.64
1.8
2.33
TUG
Total trial time (sec)
10.16
2.34
PST
Total correct
36.05
8.87
Total incorrect
0.95
1.28
; bold values indicate a significant difference between more and less affected sides. FTT, Finger Tapping Test; LE, lower extremity, PST, Processing Speed Test; UE, upper extremity; TUG, timed up and go test; and virtual Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale III (vMDS-UPDRS III).
