Freezing of Gait Questionnaire: Validity and reliability of the Swedish version

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 331-334

  Nilsson, M H ^a,b   Hagell, P ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Freezing of gait; Parkinson's disease; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; VALIDITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349976441     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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