Open AccessPerformance on Clinical Tests of Balance in Parkinson's Disease
Author(s) -
Fiona Smithson,
Meg E. Morris,
Robert Iansek
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.1093/ptj/78.6.577
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , disease , psychology
Due to the high incidence of falls in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), the assessment of standing balance is a key component of physical therapist evaluation. This study investigated performance on clinical tests of standing balance in subjects with and without PD.
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