Nordic walking improves mobility in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2239-2243

  van Eijkeren, Frank J M ^a   Reijmers, Ruud S J ^a   Kleinveld, Mirjam J ^a   Minten, Angret ^a   ter Bruggen, Jan Pieter ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^b  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise; Nordic walking; Parkinson's disease; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; NORDIC WALKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 61549090027     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22293     Document Type: Article

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