Progress and Prospects in Parkinson's Research/Symptoms/Foot Drop

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Foot Drop or (Drop Foot)

Locomotion defect whereby the heel of a foot is raised from the ground while walking

The following references are relevant:-

Belfiore and Campanella (1994) A clinical sign of Parkinson's disease: the absence of lateral foot drop

Rogers et al (2011) Perturbations of ground support alter posture and locomotion coupling during step initiation in Parkinson's disease

The following references are relevant:-

Further Research

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Literature search: Use the following links to query the PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar databases using the Search terms:- Parkinson's_Disease Foot_Drop. This will list the latest papers on this topic. You are invited to update this page to reflect such recent results, pointing out their significance. Pubmed (abstracts) Pubmed_Central (Full_Text) Google_Scholar

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