Obstacle crossing in people with Parkinson's disease: Foot clearance and spatiotemporal deficits

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 843-852

  Galna, Brook ^a,b   Murphy, Anna T ^b,c   Morris, Meg E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Southern Health Centre   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Gait; Obstacle crossing; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FOOT CLEARANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; OBSTACLE CROSSING; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEP LENGTH; STEP WIDTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING;

EID: 77956445807     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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