Marked alterations in the gait timing and rhythmicity of patients with de novo Parkinson's disease

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1815-1820

  Baltadjieva, Rossitza ^a   Giladi, Nir ^a,b   Gruendlinger, Leor ^a   Peretz, Chava ^a,b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Gait variability; Motor programming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; WALKING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODICITY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 33748916601     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05033.x     Document Type: Article

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