Gait disorders and balance disturbances in Parkinson's disease: Clinical update and pathophysiology

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-471

  Boonstra, Tjitske A ^a,b   Van Der Kooij, Herman ^b,c   Munneke, Marten ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Deep brain stimulation; Falls; Freezing; Parkinson

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; CLONAZEPAM; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADD ON THERAPY; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 52049104685     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/wco.0b013e328305bdaf     Document Type: Review

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