Beneficial effect of levodopa therapy on stooped posture in Parkinson's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-268

  Benninger, Felix ^a   Khlebtovsky, Alexander ^a   Roditi, Yaniv ^a   Keret, Ofir ^a   Steiner, Israel ^a   Melamed, Eldad ^a   Djaldetti, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fluctuations; Levodopa; Posture; SpinalMouse

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; STANDING; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VERTEBRA; CLINICAL TRIAL; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942296438     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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