Balance and Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 3446
Special Issue Editor
Interests: gait analysis; wearable technology; gait; postural balance; Parkinson’s disease; dementia
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gait disturbance and postural instability have been challenging issues in the management of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Balance and gait are strongly related to quality of life and prognosis in PD; however, exact pathophysiology and treatment is unknown. With technical development, objective measurement and assessing of balance and gait is possible. Accordingly, many researchers have been very interested in this field in recent years. This Special Issue will collect the work of researchers who study balance and gait in PD. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide updated information on advanced technology for diagnosis, pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches, and the pathophysiology of balance and gait in PD. We also welcome neuroimaging studies investigating the mechanism of balance and gait in PD.
Prof. Jinse Park
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Parkinson’s disease
- Movement disorder
- Freezing of gait
- Balance
- Gait analysis
- Wearable sensor
- Falling
- Pharmacological treatment
- Rehabilitation
- Exercise
- Quality of life
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