Parkinson's Disease Balance Outcomes from Pickleball Intervention

Allysin Bridges-German's pilot study dataset contains quantitative and qualitative data assessing the effects of a 12-week pickleball intervention on balance and fear of falling. The study involved participants aged 50+ with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease symptoms. The dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze pre- and post-intervention changes in dynamic standing balance scores.
• Correlate participant age or symptom severity with improvements in concern for falling metrics.
• Compare qualitative feedback from participants against quantitative balance measurements.

Strengths

• Data shows a statistically significant improvement in dynamic standing balance.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 31.9 KB, indicating a limited pilot study sample size.
• Specific row count, column names, and measurement scales are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Allysin Bridges-German via figshare.

Collection Method

Data collected from a pilot intervention study.

Time Range

Intervention period was 12 weeks.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.