How does the treadmill affect gait in parkinson's disease?

Current Aging Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-34

  Bello, Olalla ^a   Fernandez Del Olmo, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gait; Mechanisms; Parkinson's disease; Physical therapy; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STABILOGRAPHY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

AGED; CUES; EXERCISE TEST; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 84855794729     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811205010028     Document Type: Article

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