Gait changes with walking devices in persons with Parkinson's disease

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-152

  Bryant, Mon S ^a,b   Pourmoghaddam, Amir ^c   Thrasher, Adam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; WALKING; WALKING AID;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRUTCHES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WALKING;

EID: 84856939867     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2011.602461     Document Type: Article

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