Table 2: Percentage of patients classified as impaired from physical tests

 

Test

 

BFI Group N/Total N (%)

 

p-value

N

None-Mild

Moderate

Severe

EDSSa*

84

1.8 (0.0-2.0) N=28

2.0 (2.0-3.0) N=40

3.5 (2.5-6.3) N=16

<0.0001

NHPTb

79

4/28 (14%)

14/38 (37%)

7/13 (54%)

0.026

TMWTb

81

15/28 (54%)

27/39 (69%)

14 (100%)

0.009

aHigher score = better performance        bHigher score = poorer performance

Abbreviations: EDSSKurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale; NHPT Nine Hole Peg Test; TMWT Ten Metre Walk Test.

*Continuous – median (interquartile range); Kruskal-Wallis Test