Gait velocity and step length at baseline predict outcome of Nordic walking training in patients with Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 413-416

  Herfurth, Manon ^b   Godau, Jana ^e   Kattner, Barbara ^c   Rombach, Silvia ^c   Grau, Stefan ^d   Maetzler, Walter ^a,b   Berg, Daniela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait velocity; Nordic walking; Parkinson's disease; Predictive factors; Step length; UPDRS motor part

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DISEASE DURATION; GAIT; HOEHN AND YAHR SCALE; HUMAN; NORDIC WALKING; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; WALKING;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARKINSON DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84925350711     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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