Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: A prospective multidisciplinary study

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 721-725

  Wood, B H ^a   Bilclough, J A ^b   Bowron, A ^b   Walker, Richard W ^b  

^a North Tyneside General Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BODY POSTURE; DENSITOMETRY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036259137     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.72.6.721     Document Type: Article

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