External focus improves postural stability in patients with Parkinson's disease
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
ALEXANDRIA, VA - Patients with Parkinson disease may be able to improve their postural stability by directing their attention to the external effects of their movements rather than to the movements of their own body, according to a study published in the February 2009 issue of Physical Therapy, the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
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