Concurrent validity of accelerometry to measure gait in Parkinsons Disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-359

  Lord, Sue ^a,c   Rochester, Lynn ^a,d   Baker, Katherine ^a   Nieuwboer, Alice ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Wellington School of Medicine   (New Zealand)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Gait; Measurement; Parkinsons Disease; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PARKINSON DISEASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 38049001418     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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