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Table 3 The prevalence of FOG in Parkinson’s disease reported in these literatures

From: The prevalence of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease and in patients with different disease durations and severities

Study

FOG, % ( n of freezer/n of PD patients)

In general PD patients

Duration < 5 years

Duration ≥ 5 years

Duration ≥ 10 years

H&Y ≤ 2.5

H&Y > 2.5

Margolesky et al [36]

26.5% (27/102)

     

Mckay et al [46]

40.0% (26/65)c

   

33.3% (15/45)

55.0% (11/20)

Mancini et al [40]

26.6% (25/94)a

     

Djaldetti et al [37]

34.8% (15/41)

 

34.8% (15/41)

   

Ehgoetz Martens et al [38]

41.6% (92/221)

     

Kader et al [44]

56.8% (138/243)a

     

Sutter et al [45]

41.4% (46/111)a

   

37.0% (34/92)

63.2% (12/19)

Forsyth et al [43]

39.0% (30/82)a

     

Ricciardi et al [41]

55.8% (24/43)*

     

Vervoort et al [42]

22.4% (17/76)a

     

Shin et al [35]

38.6% (54/141)

29.2% (21/73)

48.4% (31/64)

59.1% (13/22)

  

Allen et al [21]

49.4% (114/231)

     

Amboni et al [11]

54.8% (325/593)a

27.4% (48/175)

65.8% (271/412)

78.3% (148/189)

35.3% (124/351)

82.9% (194/234)

Forsaa et al [22]

27.2% (63/232) b

  

62.5% (145/232)

  

Gazibara et al [23]

36.7% (110/300)

     

Lieberman et al [24]

 

12.7% (27/212)

    

Lindholm et al [25]

41.1% (58/141)a

     

Walton et al [26]

42.4% (86/203) a

     

Bohnen et al [8]

14.0% (20/143)

     

Ou et al [27]

46.6% (221/474) a

36.1% (108/299)

64.6% (113/175)

 

33.5% (115/343)

82.2% (106/129)

Perez-Lloret et al [28]

38.2% (257/672) b

25.4% (85/335)

51.0% (172/337)

 

31.5% (174/553)

60.0% (150/250)

Auyeung et al [10]

   

86.5% (148/171)

  

Contreras et al [29]

44.4% (71/160)a

     

Garcia-Ruiz et al [30]

 

4.4% (2/45)

44.4% (20/45)

68.9% (31/45)

  

Josiah et al [31]

41.5% (380/916)b

     

Coelho et al [32]

   

62.0% (31/50)

 

62.0% (31/50)

Moore et al [9]

55.1% (65/118) a

     

Giladi et al (2001)

    

7.1% (57/800)

 

Giladi et al (2001)

  

53.5% (92/172)

 

22.2% (10/45)

63.8% (81/127)

  1. FOG-Q freezing of gait questionnaire, UPDRS unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale, MDS-UPDRS movement disorder society revised Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, FOG freezing of gait, PD Parkinson’s disease, H&Y Hoehn and Yahr staging
  2. aAccording to the FOG-Q and new FOG-Q
  3. bAccording to UPDRS and MDS-UPDRS
  4. cAccording to the FOG-Q or UPDRS