Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1593-1600 , December 2007

The Immediate Effect of Attentional, Auditory, and a Combined Cue Strategy on Gait During Single and Dual Tasks in Parkinson’s Disease

  • Katherine Baker, BSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Katherine Baker, BSc, School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University, Rm H110, Coach Lane Campus East, Coach Ln, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7XA, UK
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  • Lynn Rochester, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
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  • Alice Nieuwboer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.

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 Supported by the Association of Physiotherapists Interested in Neurology, UK.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01454-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.026

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1593-1600 , December 2007

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