Reduced performance in balance, walking and turning tasks is associated with increased neck tone in Parkinson's disease

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 430-438

  Franzén, Erika ^a,b   Paquette, Caroline ^a   Gurfinkel, Victor S ^c   Cordo, Paul J ^c   Nutt, John G ^a   Horak, Fay B ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Functional performance; Neck tone; Parkinson's disease; Postural tone

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE TONE; NECK MUSCLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 69749107882     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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