Does the type of concurrent task affect preferred and cued gait in people with Parkinson's disease?

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-180

  Galletly, Robyn ^a   Brauer, Sandra G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cues; Gait; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SITTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL AID; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 24644498267     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(05)70024-6     Document Type: Article

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