Short rapid steps to provoke freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1763-1767

  Nonnekes, Jorik ^a   Janssen, Arno M ^a   Mensink, Senja H G ^a   Oude Nijhuis, Lars B ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Snijders, Anke H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Freezing of gait; Gait; Parkinson s disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 84939882671     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7422-8     Document Type: Article

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