Physical therapy in Parkinson's disease: Evolution and future challenges

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Keus, Samyra H J ^a,b   Munneke, Marten ^a   Nijkrake, Maarten J ^a   Kwakkel, Gert ^c   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community networks; Parkinson disease; Physical therapy; Practice guideline; Review

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 61449171278     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22141     Document Type: Review

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