Walking stability using harmonic ratios in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-267

  Lowry, Kristin A ^a   Smiley Oyen, Ann L ^a   Carrel, Andrew J ^a   Kerr, John P ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Voxel Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Gait; Mediolateral anterior posterior; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT APRAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; WALKING;

EID: 61649101289     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22352     Document Type: Article

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