Mechanical Energy Recovery during Walking in Patients with Parkinson Disease

Mariangela Dipaola; Esteban E. Pavan; Andrea Cattaneo; Giuseppe Frazzitta; Gianni Pezzoli; Paolo Cavallari; Carlo A. Frigo; Ioannis U. Isaias

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156420

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Mechanical Energy Recovery during Walking in Patients with Parkinson Disease

Mariangela Dipaola,

Affiliations Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Human Physiology Section, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Movement Biomechanics and Motor Control Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Esteban E. Pavan,

Affiliation Movement Biomechanics and Motor Control Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Andrea Cattaneo,

Affiliations Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Human Physiology Section, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Giuseppe Frazzitta,

Affiliation Moriggia-Pelascini Hospital, Gravedona ed Uniti, Italy
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Gianni Pezzoli,

Affiliation Parkinson Institute, Pini-CTO (ex ICP) Milan, Italy
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Paolo Cavallari,

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Human Physiology Section, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Carlo A. Frigo,

Affiliation Movement Biomechanics and Motor Control Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Ioannis U. Isaias

* E-mail: Isaias_I@ukw.de

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Parkinson Institute, Pini-CTO (ex ICP) Milan, Italy, Fondazione Europea di Ricerca Biomedica FERB Onlus, Milan, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-5144

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Mechanical Energy Recovery during Walking in Patients with Parkinson Disease

Mariangela Dipaola,
Esteban E. Pavan,
Andrea Cattaneo,
Giuseppe Frazzitta,
Gianni Pezzoli,
Paolo Cavallari,
Carlo A. Frigo,
Ioannis U. Isaias

Published: June 3, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156420

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