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Table 2 Number of patients who showed gait improvement up to each evaluation day

From: The necessity of gait evaluation on the 7th day after tap tests for the idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients

Diagnosis

1st day

(n = 129)

3rd day

(n = 129)

7th day

(n = 129)

Probable iNPHa, n

57

85

108

Shunt surgeryb, n

48

63

84

Definite iNPHc, n

42

61

72

  1. Abbreviation: iNPH idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
  2. aThe patients who showed gait improvement after a tap test
  3. bThe patients who underwent a shunt surgery
  4. cThe patients who showed gait improvement after the shunt surgery
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BMC Geriatrics

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