A simple method to assess freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease patients

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 883-889

  Popovic, M B ^a,b,c   Djuric Jovicic, M ^a,d   Radovanovic, S ^e   Petrovic, I ^f   Kostic, V ^f  

^a University of Belgrade   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^f Institute of Neurology Clinical Centre of Serbia   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Freezing of gait; Parkinson's disease; Pearson's correlation coefficient; Time analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 77957045533     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2010007500077     Document Type: Article

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