Framework for understanding balance dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1474-1482

  Schoneburg, Bernadette ^a,b   Mancini, Martina ^a   Horak, Fay ^a   Nutt, John G ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Posture

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

BALANCE DISORDER; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FALLING; GAIT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE TONE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

BALANCE; GAIT; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; POSTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84885867976     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25613     Document Type: Review

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