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Is parkinsonian gait caused by a regression to an immature walking pattern?
Advances in Neurology
|January 1, 1984
Abstract:
The gait of 6 patients with Parkinson's disease was analyzed by movement, EMG, and force recordings. In certain important details, a regression towards a more immature walking pattern was seen. It is suggested that the characteristic parkinsonian gait in addition to hypokinesia is caused by deficits in the neural circuits controlling plantigrade locomotion.