A low-cost intervention for improving gait in Parknson's disease patients: A cane providing visual cues

W Buated, M Sriyudthsak, N Sribunruangrit… - European Geriatric …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Stable walking is problematical for many Parkinson's disease (PD) patients,
sometimes experienced as “Freezing of Gait”(FOG), a brief interruption of their natural …

[HTML][HTML] Principles of rehabilitation for common chronic neurologic diseases in the elderly

YY Cheng, WL Hsieh, CL Kao, RC Chan - Journal of Clinical Gerontology …, 2012 - Elsevier
Rehabilitation plays a crucial role for elderly people with chronic neurologic diseases. The
purpose of rehabilitation serves to restore capabilities and postpone dysfunction as the …

Huntington's disease: Objective assessment of posture—A link between motor and functional deficits

R Reilmann, S Rumpf, H Beckmann, R Koch… - Movement …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background: Postural deficits in Huntington's disease are linked to functional
impairment. We investigated whether assessment of center‐of‐mass variability using …

Reliability of 3 assessment tools used to evaluate randomized controlled trials for treatment of neck pain

N Graham, T Haines, CH Goldsmith, A Gross, S Burnie… - Spine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Pragmatic, cross-sectional study. Objective. To assess the interrater reliability
of 3 tools used by the Cervical Overview Group (COG) for the assessment of the internal …

Postmortem observation of collagenous lead tip region fibrosis as a rare complication of DBS

V Vedam‐Mai, A Yachnis, M Ullman… - Movement …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Despite the widespread effective use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for
various movement and psychiatric disorders, little is known about its safety and tissue …

[PDF][PDF] BAASTA: battery for the assessment of auditory sensorimotor and timing abilities

N Farrugia, C Benoit, E Harding… - … of the 12th …, 2012 - icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr
In this paper we describe the Battery for the Assessment of Auditory Sensorimotor and
Timing Abilities (BAASTA), a new tool developed for assessing systematically rhythm …

Significance and usefulness of heart rate variability in patients with multiple system atrophy

H Furushima, T Shimohata, H Nakayama… - Movement …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether heart rate variability
parameters can be useful for evaluating cardiac autonomic dysfunction in multiple system …

Effect of physical exercise-movement strategies programme on mobility, falls, and quality of life in Parkinson's disease

E Georgy, S Barsnley… - International Journal of …, 2012 - magonlinelibrary.com
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is an incurable, progressive neurodegenerative
disorder that gradually results in accumulating disability. Evidence suggests that specific …

When music, information technology, and medicine meet

Y Wang - Proceedings of the second international ACM …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
From Napster to YouTube and iTunes, music has always been a major driving force of
Internet technologies. A huge amount of music content is now accessible to the public …

The atypical subthalamic nucleus—an anatomical variant relevant for stereotactic targeting

R Reese, MO Pinsker, J Herzog, F Wodarg… - Movement …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The improvement of PD motor symptoms by DBS of the STN depends on exact
targeting. Methods: A combination of MRI and multitrajectory microrecordings was used for …