Quantitative assessment of gait bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease using a portable gait rhythmogram

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-40

  Utsumr, Hiroya ^a   Terashr, Hiroo ^a   Ishimura, Yohei ^a   Takazawa, Tomoko ^a   Hayashi, Akito ^b   Mochizuki, Hideki ^c   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^b   Orimo, Satoshi ^d   Takahashi, Kazushi ^e   Yoneyama, Mitsuru ^f   Mitoma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kanto Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait disorders; Parkinson's disease; Portable gait rhythmogram

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84863249732     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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