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Quantitative Normative Gait Data In A Large Cohort Of Ambulatory Persons With Parkinson’S Disease, Chris J. Hass, Paul Malczak, Joe Nocera, Elizabeth L. Stegemoller, Aparna Wagle Shukala, Irene Malaty, Charles E. Jacobson Iv, Michael S. Okun, Nick Mcfarland
Quantitative Normative Gait Data In A Large Cohort Of Ambulatory Persons With Parkinson’S Disease, Chris J. Hass, Paul Malczak, Joe Nocera, Elizabeth L. Stegemoller, Aparna Wagle Shukala, Irene Malaty, Charles E. Jacobson Iv, Michael S. Okun, Nick Mcfarland
Elizabeth L. Stegemoller
Background: Gait performance is widely evaluated to assess health status in older adult populations. While several investigators have presented normative values for spatiotemporal gait parameters drawn from older adult populations, the literature has been void of large-scale cohort studies, which are needed in order to provide quantitative, normative gait data in persons with Parkinson’s disease. The aim of this investigation was to provide reference values for clinically important gait characteristics in a large sample of ambulatory persons with Parkinson’s disease to aid both clinicians and researchers in their evaluations and treatments of gait impairment. Methodology/Principal Findings: Gait performance was collected …