Action observation improves freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson's disease

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 746-752

  Pelosin, Elisa ^a   Avanzino, Laura ^a   Bove, Marco ^a   Stramesi, Paola ^b   Nieuwboer, Alice ^c   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

action observation; freezing of gait; imitation strategy; Parkinson's disease; rehabilitation for walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 77954535860     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310368685     Document Type: Article

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