Randomized cross-over trial to investigate the efficacy of a two-week physiotherapy programme with repetitive exercises of cueing to reduce the severity of freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson's disease

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 902-911

  Fietzek, Urban M ^a   Schroeteler, Frauke E ^a   Ziegler, Kerstin ^a   Zwosta, Jens ^a   Ceballos Baumann, Andres O ^a  

^a Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Schön Klinik München Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

freezing; gait; Parkinson's disease; physiotherapy; Randomized cross over trial

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

AGED; ASSOCIATION; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84906684813     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215514527299     Document Type: Article

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