2015 • Conference Paper
Nordic walking can improve dynamic stability of human gait in Parkinson disease
Authors:
Warlop, Thibault,
Detrembleur, Christine,
Buxes Lopez, Maïté,
Crevecoeur, Frédéric ,
Bollens, Benjamin,
Stoquart, Gaëtan,
Jeanjean, Anne,
Lejeune, Thierry
Published in:
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume: 58S • Number: 58S • Pages: e73-e77
"Objectives: Activating the upper body during walking, Nordic walking (NW) may be used as an external cueing to improve spatiotemporal parameters of gait, such as stride length or gait variability, in Parkinson disease (PD)..."