Effects of exercise on falls, balance, and gait ability in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis

X Shen, ISK Wong-Yu… - … and neural repair, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Postural instability and falls are complex and disabling features of Parkinson's disease (PD)
and respond poorly to anti-Parkinsonian medication. There is an imperative need to …

Gait characteristics and falls in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MW Creaby, MH Cole - Parkinsonism & related disorders, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Given the high rate of falls during walking in people with idiopathic Parkinson's
disease (PD), identifying at risk individuals and developing targeted interventions to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Walking in fully immersive virtual environments: an evaluation of potential adverse effects in older adults and individuals with Parkinson's disease

A Kim, N Darakjian, JM Finley - Journal of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Virtual reality (VR) has recently been explored as a tool for neurorehabilitation
to enable individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) to practice challenging skills in a safe …

Functional gait assessment and balance evaluation system test: reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity for identifying individuals with Parkinson disease who fall

AL Leddy, BE Crowner, GM Earhart - Physical therapy, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Gait impairments, balance impairments, and falls are prevalent in individuals
with Parkinson disease (PD). Although the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) can be considered the …

Postural instability in patients with Parkinson's disease: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and management

SD Kim, NE Allen, CG Canning, VSC Fung - CNS drugs, 2013 - Springer
Postural instability is one of the cardinal signs in Parkinson's disease (PD). It can be present
even at diagnosis, but becomes more prevalent and worsens with disease progression. It …

Utility of the Mini-BESTest, BESTest, and BESTest sections for balance assessments in individuals with Parkinson disease

AL Leddy, BE Crowner, GM Earhart - Journal of Neurologic …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) has been
shown to be a reliable and valid measure of balance in individuals with Parkinson disease …

Framework for understanding balance dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

B Schoneburg, M Mancini, F Horak… - Movement …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
People with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer from progressive impairment in their mobility.
Locomotor and balance dysfunction that impairs mobility in PD is an important cause of …

Quantifying Parkinson's disease motor severity under uncertainty using MDS-UPDRS videos

M Lu, Q Zhao, KL Poston, EV Sullivan… - Medical image …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a brain disorder that primarily affects motor function, leading to
slow movement, tremor, and stiffness, as well as postural instability and difficulty with …

[HTML][HTML] Postural instability in Parkinson's disease: a review

B Palakurthi, SP Burugupally - Brain sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a heterogeneous progressive neurodegenerative disorder,
which typically affects older adults; it is predicted that by 2030 about 3% of the world …

Risk factors for the development of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a review of the literature

G Baucher, J Taskovic, L Troude, G Molliqaj… - Neurosurgical …, 2022 - Springer
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) encompasses various pathological conditions
causing spinal cord (SC) impairment, including spondylosis (multiple level degeneration) …