Physiotherapy versus placebo or no intervention in Parkinson's disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Tomlinson, Claire L ^a   Patel, Smitaa ^a   Meek, Charmaine ^a   Herd, Clare P ^a   Clarke, Carl E ^a   Stowe, Rebecca ^a   Shah, Laila ^a   Sackley, Catherine M ^b   Deane, Katherine H O ^c   Wheatley, Keith ^a   Ives, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; PLACEBO;

BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DANCING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FREEZING OF GAIT QUESTIONNAIRE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MARTIAL ART; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE 39; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WALKING SPEED; WALKING; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; GAIT; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WALKING; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84898735595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002817.pub4     Document Type: Review

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