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Table 1 Summary of studies that report on the frequency of FoG in iNPH patients

From: Freezing of gait in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Study

Year

Number of participants assessed for FoG

Participants with FoG (%)

Methodology

Video assessment Y/N

Comment

Giladi et al. [4]

1997

37

56

Retrospective clinical series

N

 

Stolze et al. [50]

2000

10

30

Case-control study

N

 

Tisell et al. [36]

2003

39

42

Case-control study

N

Symptom named “Gait arrest”. 14% post-surgery.

Miyoshi et al. [51]

2005

17

24

Clinical evaluation

N

 

Bugalho et al. [52]

2007

15

40

Prospective clinical series

N

 

Bugalho et al. [10]

2013

35

20

Case-control study

N

 

Souza et al. [27]

2018

25

4

Retrospective clinical series

Y

Does not disclose inter-rater reliability

Agerskov et al. [24]

2018

365

30

Retrospective clinical series

N

Only includes patients who underwent shunt surgery. 8% post-surgery.

Giannini et al. [53]

2019

76

21

Prospective clinical series

N

 

Yamada et al. [28]

2021

97

38

Case-control study

Y

7% with probable FoG. Does not disclose inter-rater reliability.

  1. Abbreviations: FoG = Freezing of gait, iNPH = idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus