10.6084/m9.figshare.5125681.v1 Kataoka H. Kataoka H. Tanaka N. Tanaka N. Saeki K. Saeki K. Kiriyama T. Kiriyama T. Ueno S. Ueno S. Supplementary Material for: Low Frontal Assessment Battery Score as a Risk Factor for Falling in Patients with Hoehn-Yahr Stage III Parkinson's Disease: A 2-Year Prospective Study Karger Publishers 2014 Parkinson’s disease Fall risk Gait analysis Frontal Assessment Battery 2014-01-21 00:00:00 Dataset https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Low_Frontal_Assessment_Battery_Score_as_a_Risk_Factor_for_Falling_in_Patients_with_Hoehn-Yahr_Stage_III_Parkinson_s_Disease_A_2-Year_Prospective_Study/5125681 <b><i>Background:</i></b> Recently, we evaluated factors responsible for falling, including walking speed evaluated with the use of originally designed, suddenly narrowed paths, in patients with Hoehn-Yahr stage III PD. We prospectively studied the same cohort of patients with PD who were followed up for 2 years, to determine predictors of future falls. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We performed clinical assessments and evaluated balance in 26 patients. A total of 19 variables including PD-related independent variables, balance investigation-related independent variables and gait independent-related variables were evaluated. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) score (p = 0.002), Tinetti balance (p = 0.009), and gait velocity (p = 0.001) were higher in fallers than in non-fallers. On multiple logistic regression analysis, the FAB score was related to falling (odds ratio = 3.328, p = 0.033, 95% confidence interval = 1.104-10.03). On the FAB, the scores of ‘inhibitory control' and ‘sensitivity to interference' were significantly lower in fallers than in non-fallers. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> The use of the originally designed, suddenly narrowed path was the primary reason for demonstrating for the first time that a low FAB score is a risk factor for future falls. Calculation of the FAB score may be useful for predicting the risk of future falls.