The challenge of evaluating freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson's disease

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Nieuwboer, A ^a,c   Giladi, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c University Hospitals Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Freezing of gait; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58149270932     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690802448376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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