Postural instability in idiopathic parkinson's disease: Discriminating fallers from nonfallers based on standardized clinical measures

Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 56-61

  Landers, Merrill R ^a   Backlund, Amanda ^a   Davenport, Jeff ^a   Fortune, Jeremy ^a   Schuerman, Sue ^a   Altenburger, Peter ^b  

^a School of Allied Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Fall risk; Fallers; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 50949119773     PISSN: 15570576     EISSN: 15570584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NPT.0b013e3181761330     Document Type: Article

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