Falls and mobility in Parkinson's disease: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial

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Falls and mobility in Parkinson's disease: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial

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Abstract Background Although physical therapy and falls prevention education are argued to reduce falls and disability in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, this has not yet been confirmed with a large scale randomised controlled clinical trial. The study will investigate the effects on falls, mobility and quality of life of (i) movement strategy training combined with falls prevention education, (ii) progressive resistance strength training combined with falls prevention education, ...

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2011-07-01

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Murphy Anna T / Huxham Frances E / McGinley Jennifer L / Menz Hylton B / Morris Meg E / Iansek Robert / Danoudis Mary / Soh Sze-Ee / Kelly David / Watts Jennifer J

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BMC Neurology

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/11/93

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Neurology / Diseases of the nervous system

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