Parkinsonian signs and incident falls in older persons without Parkinson's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 205-206

  Buracchio, Teresa ^a,b   Arvanitakis, Zoe ^c,d   Leurgans, Sue ^c,d   Bennett, David A ^c,d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRADYKINESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSONISM; RIGIDITY; TREMOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73949142268     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02657.x     Document Type: Letter

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