Plantar cutaneous sensory stimulation improves single-limb support time, and EMG activation patterns among individuals with Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 697-702

  Jenkins, M E ^a   Almeida, Q J ^b   Spaulding, S J ^c   van Oostveen, R B ^b   Holmes, J D ^c   Johnson, A M ^c   Perry, S D ^d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Facilitatory insole; Gait; Kinematics; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; SKIN; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 70350147295     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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