Citation

Snijders AH, Nonnekes J, Bloem BR. F1000 Med. Rep. 2010; 2: 76.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Medicine Reports Ltd.)

DOI

10.3410/M2-76

PMID

21173838

PMCID

PMC2981191

Abstract

Falls are among the most incapacitating features of Parkinson's disease. Prevention of falls requires a systematic assessment of all contributing factors (with emphasis on freezing of gait and frontal executive dysfunction), and a multidisciplinary treatment approach tailored to the specific pathophysiology of falls for each individual patient.

Language: en