Effects of exercise on balance and function in Parkinson's patients

INTRODUCTION: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a disturbance of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. Dopamine aids the muscle in normalization of sequential muscle movements, muscle tone, and automatic learned movements; balance is a combination of visual, vestibular and mechanoreceptors that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Epps, Elizabeth J.
Other Authors: Rogers, Michael E.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Wichita State University 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10057/6814