Journal of Neurological Research and Therapy
Open Access
Muscle Activation Signals During Gait Parkinson’s Disease are More Rhythmic than in Healthy Controls
Aug 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-15-750
Timothy Adam ThrasherCorresponding author
Background To quantify the underlying rhythmic patterns observed in surface electromyography (SEMG) in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), to compare rhythmicity of PD gait with normal gait, and to compare overground walking to treadmill gait. Methods Eight individuals with idiopathic PD, and te…