Fear of falling and postural control in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 496-502

  Adkin, Allan L ^a   Frank, James S ^a   Jog, Mandar S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance confidence; Disease severity; Fear of falling; Parkinson's disease; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038147309     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10396     Document Type: Review

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