A community-dwelling sample of people with Parkinson's disesase: Characteristics of fallers and non-fallers

Age and Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-52

  Ashburn, Ann ^a   Stack, Emma ^a   Pickering, Ruth M ^a   Ward, Christopher D ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Community; Falls; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COMBINATION; DYSKINESIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOME; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035072711     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.1.47     Document Type: Article

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