Background Patients with chronic diseases commonly report fears of illness or symptoms
recurring or worsening. These fears have been addressed from an illness-specific …

Background Disorders of posture, gait, and balance in Parkinson's disease (PD) are
common and debilitating. This MDS‐commissioned task force assessed clinimetric …

6 Guidelines((“guideline”[pt] OR “practice guideline”[pt] OR “health planning guidelines”[mh]
OR “consensus development conference”[pt] OR “consensus development conference …

Background Exercise is known to reduce disability and improve quality of life in people with
Parkinson disease (PD). Although barriers to exercise have been studied in older adults …

Background. Falls are common and disabling in people with Parkinson's disease (PD).
There is a need to quantify the effects of movement rehabilitation on falls in PD. Objective …

BACKGROUND People with Parkinson's disease are twice as likely to experience a fall as a
healthy older person, often leading to debilitating effects on confidence, activity levels and …

Purpose: In this study, we aimed to investigate effects of Ai Chi on balance, functional
mobility, health-related quality of life, and motor impairment in patients with Parkinson's …

Background This study aimed to comprehensibly investigate potential contributing factors to
fear of falling (FOF) among people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods The …

In the elderly, fear of falling (FoF) can lead to activity restriction and affect quality of life
(QoL). Our aim was to identify the characteristics of FoF in Parkinson's disease and assess …

Background A history of falls or imbalance may lead to a fear of falling, which may lead to
self-imposed avoidance of activity; this avoidance may stimulate a vicious cycle of …