## Abstract Although clinical rating scales and simple timed tests of motor function are widely used to assess motor response to therapy, gait analysis may provide an alternative measure of this response. We studied 15 patients with PD complicated by motor fluctuations, first to determine changes i
Effects of cognitive function on gait and dual tasking abilities in patients with Parkinson’s disease suffering from motor response fluctuations
✍ Scribed by Meir Plotnik; Yaacov Dagan; Tanya Gurevich; Nir Giladi; Jeffrey M. Hausdorff
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 345 KB
- Volume
- 208
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
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