Light and heavy touch reduces postural sway and modifies axial tone in Parkinson's disease

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1007-1014

  Franzén, Erika ^a,b   Paquette, Caroline ^a   Gurfinkel, Victor ^a   Horak, Fay ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

center of pressure; haptic touch; Parkinson's rehabilitation; postural stability; postural tone; standing balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SENSOR; STANDING; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; HAND STRENGTH; HIP; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORQUE; TOUCH;

EID: 84866294248     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312437942     Document Type: Article

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