Cueing for freezing of gait: A need for 3-dimensional cues?

Neurologist

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 404-405

  Snijders, Anke H ^a   Jeene, Paul ^b   Nijkrake, Maarten J ^a   Abdo, Wilson F ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cues; multiple system atrophy; neurological gait disorders; parkinsonian disorders

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL CUE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WALKING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84869802254     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31826a99d1     Document Type: Article

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