Plantar force distribution in Parkinsonian gait: A comparison between patients and age-matched control subjects

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-192

  Nieuwboer, Alice ^a,b   De Weerdt, Willy ^a   Dom, René ^a   Peeraer, Louis ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^a   Hilde, Feys ^a   Baunach, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Foot strike; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Plantar force; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0032799980     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655099444533     Document Type: Article

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