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Freezing in Parkinson's Disease: A Reaching Study

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Year: 2026, 2026
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Stevenson, Jennifer, Thesis advisor (ths): Brown, Liana E, Degree committee member (dgc): Peters, Kevin R, Degree committee member (dgc): Forman, Davis, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Freezing of gait is a debilitating symptom affecting individuals with Parkinson's disease. Emerging evidence suggests freezing may represent a global motor control deficit beyond gait. We investigated freezing episodes in the upper limbs using spatially-constrained reaching tasks known to elicit freezing of gait. Fourteen people with Parkinson's disease and 13 controls… more