Laser light visual cueing for freezing of gait in Parkinson disease: A pilot study with male participants

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-230

  Bunting Perry, Lisette ^a   Spindler, Meredith ^a,b   Robinson, Keith M ^a,b   Noorigian, Joseph ^a   Cianci, Heather J ^c   Duda, John E ^a,b  

^a Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Center   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Freezing of gait; Gait disorders; Gait hesitation; Gait ignition failure; Laser light; Parkinson disease; Rolling walker; U Step; Visual cue; Walker

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; FREEZING OF GAITS; GAIT DISORDERS; GAIT HESITATION; LASER LIGHTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; U-STEP; VISUAL CUE;

DISEASES; LASER BEAMS; WALKING AIDS;

FREEZING;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLLING WALKER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING AID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84876835961     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.12.0255     Document Type: Article

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