Bruno Bergmans, Pieter Ginis, Bastiaan R Bloem, Alice Nieuwboer
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Abstract
Festination is an episodic gait disorder which is often a precursor of freezing of gait episodes in Parkinson's disease patients. We discuss what lessons can be learned from a patient who had to quit playing tennis as he repeatedly fell due to backward festination-like steps.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Parkinson''s Disease (JPD) publishes original research in basic science, translational research and clinical medicine in Parkinson’s disease in cooperation with the Journal of Alzheimer''s Disease. It features a first class Editorial Board and provides rigorous peer review and rapid online publication.