A wearable proprioceptive stabilizer (Equistasi®) for rehabilitation of postural instability in Parkinson's disease: A phase II randomized double-blind, double-dummy, controlled study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Volpe, Daniele ^a   Giantin, Maria Giulia ^a   Fasano, Alfonso ^b  

^a AFaR Ospedale S Raffaele Arcangelo Fatebenefratelli   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BALANCE TRAINING; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PDQ 39; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; POSTURAL INSTABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; STABILOGRAPHY; TIME UP AND GO; UPDRS III; VIBRATION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; WEARABLE PROPRIOCEPTIVE STABILIZER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84912099402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112065     Document Type: Article

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