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...

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Main Authors: Tjitske A Boonstra, Jeroen P P van Vugt, Herman van der Kooij, Bastiaan R Bloem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4102504?pdf=render