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JOURNAL OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 109-114Publisher
KOREAN MOVEMENT DISORDERS SOC
DOI: 10.14802/jmd.15018
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Balance; Posture; Parkinson's disease; Falls; Management
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- National Institutes on Aging a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [AG006457]
- NIH Roadmap for Medical Research
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Postural instability and resulting falls are major factors determining quality of life, morbidity, and mortality in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). A better understanding of balance impairments would improve management of balance dysfunction and prevent falls in patients with PD. The effects of bradykinesia, rigidity, impaired proprioception, freezing of gait and attention on postural stability in patients with idiopathic PD have been well characterized in laboratory studies. The purpose of this review is to systematically summarize the types of balance impairments contributing to postural instability in people with PD.
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