Uncontrolled head oscillations in people with Parkinson's disease may reflect an inability to respond to perturbations while walking

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 873-881

  Brodie, Matthew A D ^a   Canning, Colleen G ^b   Beijer, Tim R ^c   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accelerometers; head; Parkinson's disease; sensors; sway; walking; wearable

Indexed keywords

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; WALKING AIDS; WEARABLE SENSORS;

FALL INJURIES; HEAD; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SENSOR; SWAY; TRANSVERSE PLANES; VERTICAL OSCILLATIONS; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 84929470335     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/5/873     Document Type: Article

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