Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1154-1158 , September 2007

Six Weeks of Intensive Treadmill Training Improves Gait and Quality of Life in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study

  • Talia Herman, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorders Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Nir Giladi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorders Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Leor Gruendlinger, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorders Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorders Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, PhD, Laboratory for Gait & Neurodynamics, Movement Disorders Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman St, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.015

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1154-1158 , September 2007

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