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Balance Asymmetry in Parkinson’s Disease and Its Contribution to Freezing of Gait

Balance control (the ability to maintain an upright posture) is asymmetrically controlled in a proportion of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Gait asymmetries have been linked to the pathophysiology of freezing of gait. We speculate that asymmetries in balance could contribute to freezing by a) ha...

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Autores principales: Boonstra, Tjitske A., van Vugt, Jeroen P. P., van der Kooij, Herman, Bloem, Bastiaan R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4102504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25032994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102493