The factors that induce or overcome freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease. Export

@article{citeulike:4234998, abstract = {Freezing of gait (FoG), a transient halt in walking, is a major mobility problem for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study examined the factors that induce FoG, and identified the cues and strategies that help overcome it through a postal survey of 130 PD patients. 72\% reported FoG. The factors that commonly induced FoG were turning, fatigue, confined spaces and stressful situations, in addition to emotional factors. FoG was also ameliorated by various attentional and external cueing strategies. The concept of paradoxical kinesis, the potential neural substrates of such external cueing effects, and their importance for rehabilitation in PD are discussed.}, author = {Rahman, S. and Griffin, H. J. and Quinn, N. P. and Jahanshahi, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4234998}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18641432}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18641432}, issn = {0953-4180}, journal = {Behavioural neurology}, keywords = {fog, parkinsonism}, number = {3}, pages = {127--136}, posted-at = {2009-03-29 12:48:28}, priority = {2}, title = {The factors that induce or overcome freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18641432}, volume = {19}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4234998 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4234998 N2 - Freezing of gait (FoG), a transient halt in walking, is a major mobility problem for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study examined the factors that induce FoG, and identified the cues and strategies that help overcome it through a postal survey of 130 PD patients. 72% reported FoG. The factors that commonly induced FoG were turning, fatigue, confined spaces and stressful situations, in addition to emotional factors. FoG was also ameliorated by various attentional and external cueing strategies. The concept of paradoxical kinesis, the potential neural substrates of such external cueing effects, and their importance for rehabilitation in PD are discussed. IS - 3 JF - Behavioural neurology SN - 0953-4180 EP - 136 TI - The factors that induce or overcome freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease. VL - 19 SP - 127 KW - fog KW - parkinsonism AU - Rahman, S AU - Griffin, HJ AU - Quinn, NP AU - Jahanshahi, M PY - 2008/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18641432 ER -