| Title |
Exercise therapy for prevention of falls in people with Parkinson's disease: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Neurology, January 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2377-9-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Colleen G Canning, Cathie Sherrington, Stephen R Lord, Victor SC Fung, Jacqueline CT Close, Mark D Latt, Kirsten Howard, Natalie E Allen, Sandra D O'Rourke, Susan M Murray |
| Abstract |
People with Parkinson's disease are twice as likely to be recurrent fallers compared to other older people. As these falls have devastating consequences, there is an urgent need to identify and test innovative interventions with the potential to reduce falls in people with Parkinson's disease. The main objective of this randomised controlled trial is to determine whether fall rates can be reduced in people with Parkinson's disease using exercise targeting three potentially remediable risk factors for falls (reduced balance, reduced leg muscle strength and freezing of gait). In addition we will establish the cost effectiveness of the exercise program from the health provider's perspective. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 422 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | <1% |
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 412 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 71 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 66 | 16% |
| Researcher | 51 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 31 | 7% |
| Other | 81 | 19% |
| Unknown | 81 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 112 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 71 | 17% |
| Sports and Recreations | 34 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 28 | 7% |
| Psychology | 26 | 6% |
| Other | 51 | 12% |
| Unknown | 100 | 24% |
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