Rotating treadmill training reduces freezing in Parkinson disease: Preliminary observations

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-363

  Hong, Minna ^a   Earhart, Gammon M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freezing; Parkinson disease; Rotating treadmill; Turning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; ROTATION;

EID: 44249087136     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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