Three‐dimensional gait biomechanics in Parkinson's disease: Evidence for a centrally mediated amplitude regulation disorder

E. Morris, Meg; Iansek, Robert; L. McGinley, Jennifer; A. Matyas, Thomas; Huxham, Frances

doi:10.1002/mds.20278

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Three‐dimensional gait biomechanics in Parkinson's disease: Evidence for a centrally mediated amplitude regulation disorder

Published in Movement Disorders • Aug 13, 2004

Authors:

Meg E. Morris

Robert Iansek

Jennifer L. McGinley

Abstract

We examined whether people with Parkinson's disease (PD) have a central amplitude regulation disorder using three-dimensional (3-D) gait analyses to compare the effects of medication and attentional strategies on gait in 12 PD subjects and 12 matched comparison subjects. Subjects with PD first perfo...

Subject

Parkinson's disease

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

Gait

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