Electromyographic profiles of gait prior to onset of freezing episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1650-1660

  Nieuwboer, Alice ^a,e   Dom, René ^b   De Weerdt, Willy ^a   Desloovere, Kaat ^a,c   Janssens, Luc ^d   Stijn, Vangheluwe ^a  

^a Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Institute of Technology   (Belgium)

^e Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Akinesia; Electromyography; Freezing; Gait; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECELERATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

EID: 3142510878     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh189     Document Type: Article

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