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Measurement Instruments to Assess Functional Mobility in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review

2019; Wiley; Volume: 7; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/mdc3.12874

2330-1619

Raquel Bouça‐Machado, Gonçalo S. Duarte, Joaquim Patriarca, Ana Castro Caldas, Joana Alarcão, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Tiago Mestre, Ricardo Matias, Joaquim J. Ferreira,

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

Functional mobility (FM) is a person's ability to move to accomplish activities of daily living; it bridges the concepts of mobility and functional ability. There is frequently a loss of FM in Parkinson's disease (PD). Several instruments have been used to assess this concept in PD; however, there is no consensus on which are the most appropriate.