Recent advances in the assessment and treatment of falls in Parkinson's disease

F1000 Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Snijders, Anke H ^a   Nonnekes, Jorik ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

BALANCE DISORDER; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649377192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17575931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/M2-76     Document Type: Review

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