A meta-analysis of six prospective studies of falling in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1892-1900

  Pickering, Ruth M ^a   Grimbergen, Yvette A M ^b   Rigney, Una ^a   Ashburn, Ann ^a   Mazibrada, Gordon ^c   Wood, Brian ^d   Gray, Peggy ^e   Kerr, Graham ^f   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Parkinson's Clinic   (Canada)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Falling; Meta analysis; Parkinson's disease; Prediction; Sensitivity; Specificity; UPDRS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

EID: 36248973076     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21598     Document Type: Article

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