Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 261-264 , May 2010

Reduced muscle power is associated with slower walking velocity and falls in people with Parkinson's disease

  • N.E. Allen

      Affiliations

    • Neurological Rehabilitation Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • C. Sherrington

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • C.G. Canning

      Affiliations

    • Neurological Rehabilitation Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • V.S.C. Fung

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorders Unit, Westmead Hospital and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 98456793; fax: +61 2 9635 6684.

Received 29 October 2009 ,Revised 7 December 2009 ,Accepted 29 December 2009.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by an Associate Editor, Eng-King Tan.

PII: S1353-8020(10)00004-0

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.12.011

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 261-264 , May 2010

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