Gait difficulty, postural instability, and muscle weakness are associated with fear of falling in people with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mak, Margaret K Y ^a   Pang, Marco Y C ^a   Mok, Vincent ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

EID: 84855274271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/901721     Document Type: Article

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