Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 19-24 , January 2005

Measuring gait and gait-related activities in Parkinson's patients own home environment: a reliability, responsiveness and feasibility study

  • L.I.I.K. Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of physiotherapy, VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authorTel.: +31-20-4440463; fax: +31-20-4440469.
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  • E.E.H. van Wegen

      Affiliations

    • Department of physiotherapy, VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • C.J.T de Goede

      Affiliations

    • Department of physiotherapy, VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • D. Jones

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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  • L. Rochester

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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  • V. Hetherington

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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  • A. Nieuwboer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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  • A.M. Willems

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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  • G. Kwakkel

      Affiliations

    • Department of physiotherapy, VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 12 February 2004 ,Revised 10 June 2004 ,Accepted 18 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.06.003

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 19-24 , January 2005

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