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