Concurrent arm swing-stepping (CASS) can reveal gait start hesitation in Parkinson’s patients with low self-efficacy and fear of falling

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-463

  Chomiak, Taylor ^a   Pereira, Fernando V ^a   Clark, Terry W ^a   Cihal, Alexandra ^a   Hu, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Falling; Fear; Freezing; Gait; Hesitation; Parkinson s disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT ARM SWING STEPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; CANADA; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CANADA; EXERCISE TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84933563577     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0313-0     Document Type: Article

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