Working on asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease: randomized, controlled pilot study

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1337-1343

  Ricciardi, Lucia ^a   Ricciardi, Diego ^b   Lena, Francesco ^c   Plotnik, Meir ^d,e,f   Petracca, Martina ^b   Barricella, Simona ^c   Bentivoglio, Anna Rita ^b   Modugno, Nicola ^c   Bernabei, Roberto ^b   Fasano, Alfonso ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Falls; Freezing of gait; Parkinson s disease; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT; GAIT AND FALLS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; TINETTI (ASSESSMENT); UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84938216171     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2082-8     Document Type: Article

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