Influence of body load on the gait pattern in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-261

  Dietz, Volker ^a,b   Colombo, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body unloading; EMG activity; Gait pattern; Leg muscles; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031931229     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130210     Document Type: Article

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