| Variable |
Yoga (n=7) |
Resistance (n=7) |
Direction Indicating Improvement |
p-value |
| Δ TUG (sec) |
-0.94 (SD 2.24) |
-0.34 (SD 0.88) |
↓ |
0.95 |
| Δ BBS |
1.3 (SD 2.2) |
0.6 (SD 2.4) |
↑ |
0.8 |
| Δ UPDRS I |
-0.43 (SD 1.27) |
0.57 (SD 1.81) |
↓ |
0.63 |
| Δ UPDRS II |
-2.71 (SD 3.59) |
-0.28 (SD 1.89) |
↓ |
0.69 |
| Δ UPDRS III |
-3.9 (SD 6.33) |
-1.3 (SD 4.42) |
↓ |
0.56 |
| Δ UPDRS IV |
-0.57 (SD 1.40) |
0 (SD 1.53) |
↓ |
0.34 |
| Δ UPDRS total |
-7.6 (SD 9.6) |
-1 (SD 5.60) |
↓ |
0.18 |
| Δ FES-1 |
-0.71 (SD 2.69) |
0.28 (SD 3.86) |
↓ |
0.47 |
| Δ FOG |
-1.00 (SD 2.00) |
0.28 (SD 1.11) |
↓ |
0.21 |
| Δ FF |
-0.14 (SD 0.37) |
0.14 (SD 1.34) |
↓ |
0.94 |
| Δ PDQ39 |
-0.6 (SD 4.93) |
-1.4 (SD 10.19) |
↓ |
0.41 |
| Δ NQ (Upper Ext) t-score |
-0.68 (SD 8.48) |
0.26 (SD 4.06) |
↑ |
0.61 |
| Δ NQ (Lower Ext) t-score |
-2.1 (SD 3.9) |
-1.0 (SD 5.7) |
↑ |
0.7 |
| Δ NQ (Fatigue) t-score |
-1.4 (SD 5.1) |
0.54 (SD 4.1) |
↓ |
0.56 |
| Δ NQ (Anxiety) t-score |
-1.4 (SD 3.3) |
4.3 (SD 4.0) |
↓ |
0.0297 |
| Δ NQ (Depression) t-score |
-3.27 (SD 5.14) |
1.14 (SD 5.47) |
↓ |
0.14 |
| Δ NQ (Exec Fxn) t-score |
2.38 (SD 4.51) |
-1.26 (SD 3.02) |
↑ |
0.073 |
| Δ NQ (Emotional BehavDysreg) t-score |
-2.67 (SD 3.84) |
2.98 (SD 4.60) |
↓ |
0.015 |
| Δ NQ (Stigma) t-score |
-2.3 (SD 3.7) |
1.67 (SD 4.16) |
↓ |
0.17 |
| Δ NQ (Pos Affect Wellbeing) t-score |
-1.41 (SD 4.26) |
-0.3 (SD 4.63) |
↑ |
0.56 |
| Δ NQ (Sleep) t-score |
-0.75 (SD 3.8) |
1.18 (SD 2.63) |
↓ |
0.4 |
| Δ Dementia Card Sort national percentile |
4.70 (SD 10.53) |
-15.9 (SD 20.88) |
↑ |
0.035 |
| Δ Flanker national percentile |
2.78 (SD 8.45) |
-5.00 (SD 8.43) |
↑ |
0.2 |
|
| Both groups improved on all motor measures and multiple non-motors when post-intervention scores were compared to pre-intervention scores. The magnitude of
improvement for each of the motor measures favored the yoga group, although the differences were not statistically significant for any of these variables. Total UPDRS score
change favored the yoga group but was not statistically significant (p=0.18). There was a significant difference in the neuro-QoL anxiety score (p=0.0297) and emotional
dyscontrol score (p=0.015) both of which favored the yoga group. |
| Table 2: Change in outcome variables over 12 weeks (Pre to post intervention) comparing yoga to resistance groups. |
