Risk for femoral fractures in Parkinson's disease patients with and without severe functional impairment.

BACKGROUND:Impaired balance is a major problem in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) resulting in an increased risk of falls and fall-related fractures. Most studies which analyzed the risk of femoral fractures in patients with idiopathic PD were performed either in specialized c...

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Main Authors: Petra Benzinger, Kilian Rapp, Walter Maetzler, Hans-Helmut König, Andrea Jaensch, Jochen Klenk, Gisela Büchele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4031076?pdf=render