Relationships between gait and dynamic balance in early Parkinson's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-615

  Yang, Yea Ru ^a,b   Lee, Ya Yun ^a   Cheng, Shih Jung ^c   Lin, Pei Yi ^a   Wang, Ray Yau ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VELOCITY; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 41549166088     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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