Clinical and physiological assessments for elucidating falls risk in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1280-1289

  Latt, Mard D ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^b   Morris, John G L ^c   Fung, Victor S C ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Balance; Cognitive impairmen; Freezing of gait; Muscle strength; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69549128471     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22561     Document Type: Article

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