Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 256-260 , February 2010

Arm swing magnitude and asymmetry during gait in the early stages of Parkinson's disease

  • Michael D. Lewek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allied Health Sciences, Division of Physical Therapy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135, United States
    • ,
  • Roxanne Poole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7125, United States
    • ,
  • Julia Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7125, United States
    • ,
  • Omar Halawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7125, United States
    • ,
  • Xuemei Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7125, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Penn State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Penn State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, H037 Department of Neurology, 500 University Drive Hershey, PA 17033-0850, United States. Tel.: +1 717 531 1803; fax: +1 717 531 0465.

Received 20 March 2009 ,Revised 22 October 2009 ,Accepted 26 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.013

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 256-260 , February 2010

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