Variability of Stepping during a Virtual Reality Paradigm in Parkinson's Disease Patients with and without Freezing of Gait

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gilat, Moran ^a,b   Shine, James M ^a   Bolitho, Samuel J ^a   Matar, Elie ^a   Kamsma, Yvo P T ^b   Naismith, Sharon L ^a   Lewis, Simon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FREEZING; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

PARKINSONIA;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; LEVODOPA;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84879267081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066718     Document Type: Article

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