Neurologic aspects and falls

Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-20

  Fasano, Alfonso ^a,b   Plotnik, Meir ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Falls; Freezing of gait; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; WALKING;

EID: 84862891521     PISSN: 17248914     EISSN: 19713266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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