Functional correlates of mild parkinsonian signs in the community-dwelling elderly: Poor balance and inability to ambulate independently

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-416

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,d   Schupf, Nicole ^a,b   Marder, Karen ^a,b,c   Tang, Ming X ^a,b,e  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b New York State Institute for Basic Research Developmental Disabilities ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Elderly; Falls; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PARKINSONISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREMOR; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 33645538994     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20735     Document Type: Article

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