Does robotic gait training improve balance in Parkinson's disease? A randomized controlled trial

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 990-993

  Picelli, Alessandro ^a,b   Melotti, Camilla ^a   Origano, Francesca ^a   Waldner, Andreas ^c   Gimigliano, Raffaele ^d   Smania, Nicola ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Villa Melitta Rehabilitation Clinic   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Equilibrium; Physical Therapy; Postural instability; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTURAL INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT ASSISTED GAIT TRAINING; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865611226     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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