Gait asymmetry in patients with Parkinson’s disease and elderly fallers: when does the bilateral coordination of gait require attention?

Improved asymmetry of gait in Parkinson'

Improved asymmetry of gait in Parkinson's disease with DBS: Gait and postural instability in Parkinson's disease treated with bilateral deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus

✍ Erik L. Johnsen; Poul H. Mogensen; Niels Aa. Sunde; Karen Østergaard 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 239 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract Postural instability is a sign of progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) and often resistant to levodopa treatment. To explore the effect of bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) on postural stability and gait, full body gait analyses were performed wi