Clinical and physiological assessments for elucidating falls risk in Parkinson's disease

The study aims were to devise (1) a fall risk screen for people with PD using routine clinical measures and (2) an explanatory (physiological) fall risk assessment for guiding fall prevention interventions. One hundred thirteen people with PD (age 66 ± 95% CI 1.6 years) underwent clinical assessment...

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Published in:	Movement disorders Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 1280 - 1289
Main Authors:	Latt, Mark D., Lord, Stephen R., Morris, John G.L., Fung, Victor S.C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.07.2009 Wiley
Subjects:	accidental falls Accidental Falls - prevention & control Aged Analysis of Variance balance Biological and medical sciences Blood Pressure - physiology Chi-Square Distribution cognitive impairment Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Female Follow-Up Studies freezing of gait Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged muscle strength Neurologic Examination Neurology Neuropsychological Tests Parkinson Disease - physiopathology Parkinson Disease - therapy Parkinson's disease Predictive Value of Tests Reaction Time - physiology Risk Assessment - methods Risk Factors Sex Factors Nervous system diseases Cognitive disorder Parkinson's disease Parkinson disease freezing of gait Freezing Cerebral disorder muscle strength balance Central nervous system disease Risk factor accidental falls Degenerative disease cognitive impairment Strength Extrapyramidal syndrome
ISSN:	0885-3185, 1531-8257, 1531-8257
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