Predicting Falls in Parkinson Disease: What Is the Value of Instrumented Testing in OFF Medication State?

Martina Hoskovcová; Petr Dušek; Tomáš Sieger; Hana Brožová; Kateřina Zárubová; Ondřej Bezdíček; Otakar Šprdlík; Robert Jech; Jan Štochl; Jan Roth; Evžen Růžička

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139849

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Predicting Falls in Parkinson Disease: What Is the Value of Instrumented Testing in OFF Medication State?

Martina Hoskovcová,

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Petr Dušek,

Affiliations Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Institute of Neuroradiology, University Medicine Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Tomáš Sieger,

Affiliations Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Hana Brožová,

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Kateřina Zárubová,

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ondřej Bezdíček,

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Otakar Šprdlík,

Affiliation Department of Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Robert Jech,

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jan Štochl,

Affiliations Department of Kinanthropology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Jan Roth,

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Evžen Růžička

* E-mail: eruzi@lf1.cuni.cz

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Predicting Falls in Parkinson Disease: What Is the Value of Instrumented Testing in OFF Medication State?

Martina Hoskovcová,
Petr Dušek,
Tomáš Sieger,
Hana Brožová,
Kateřina Zárubová,
Ondřej Bezdíček,
Otakar Šprdlík,
Robert Jech,
Jan Štochl,
Jan Roth

Published: October 7, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139849

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