Technology-assisted balance and gait training rreduces falls in patients with Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 103-111

  Shen, Xia ^a,b   Mak, Margaret K Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangdong Hongkong Joint Sports Rehabilitation and Research Center Guangdong Provincial Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Balance; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEVICES; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919980339     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314537559     Document Type: Article

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