Determination of the Minimal Detectable Change of the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-8

Demographic Data Form

This form was created by researchers and it consist of personal informations such as gender, education, age, body mass index, duration of disease

Time frame: First day of the physiotherapy session

Modified Hoehn & Yahr Scale

It is used to determine the disease stage. It stages the disease between 1 and 5 points. As the stage progresses, disability also increases.

Time frame: First day of the physiotherapy session

Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)

It can assess Parkinson's disease with its different clinical features, including motor and non-motor. It consists of 4 subsections and 55 items in total. This study will use part III of the UPDRS score (between subsections 3.1 and 3.18)

Time frame: First day of the physiotherapy session

Global Rating of Patient-Perceived Changes (GRP-PC)

GRP-PC will used to assess patient-perceived hand dexterity changes after the routine intervention. The patient will first asked, "Has your hand dexterity changed compared to when you did not receive interventions?". If the answer is no, the person will given a score of 0 (i.e. no change). In the case of positive response, the patient will asked, "How much better or worse is your hand dexterity" and the patient response will scored on the following 14-point Likert scale: +7 (very much better), +6 (much better), +5 (better), +4 (relatively better), +3 (somewhat better), +2 (a little better), +1 (very little better), -1 (very little worse), -2 (a little worse), -3 (somewhat worse), -4 (relatively worse), -5 (worse), -6 (much worse), and -7 (very much worse).

Time frame: 6 weeks (5 physiotherapy sessions for 6 weeks)