Acute kinematic and neurophysiological effects of treadmill and overground walking in Parkinson's disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019 May 31;: Authors: Fernández-Lago H, Bello O, Salgado AV, Fernandez-Del-Olmo M Abstract BACKGROUNDThe use of the treadmill as a gait rehabilitation tool has provided novel options for treatment of gait impairments in Parkinson's Disease (PD). However, the neural mechanisms underlying these therapeutic effects ... read more
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