Haptic feedback from manual contact improves balance control in people with Parkinson's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-379

  Rabin, Ely ^a   Chen, Jason ^a   Muratori, Lisa ^b   DiFrancisco Donoghue, Joanne ^c   Werner, William G ^c  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Academic Health Care Center Old Westbury   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Parkinson's disease; Postural control; Proprioception; Touch

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CARBIDOPA; ENTACAPONE; LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; RASAGILINE; ROPINIROLE; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

BALANCE; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; POSTURAL CONTROL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TOUCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOUCH;

EID: 84880949010     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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