Reduction of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease by repetitive robot-assisted treadmill training: A pilot study

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lo, Albert C ^a,b,c   Chang, Victoria C ^b,d   Gianfrancesco, Milena A ^a   Friedman, Joseph H ^b,d   Patterson, Tara S ^a,b   Benedicto, Douglas F ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957761414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-7-51     Document Type: Article

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