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Marialuisa Gandolfi [1; 2] and Christian Geroin [1] and Eleonora Dimitrova [1] and Paolo Boldrini [3; 4] and Andreas Waldner [5; 6] and Silvia Bonadiman [7] and Alessandro Picelli [1; 2] and Sara Regazzo [8] and Elena Stirbu [8] and Daniela Primon [9] and Christian Bosello [9] and Aristide Roberto Gravina [9] and Luca Peron [9] and Monica Trevisan [9] and Alberto Carreño Garcia [9] and Alessia Menel [10] and Laura Bloccari [10] and Nicola Valè [1] and Leopold Saltuari [6; 11] and Michele Tinazzi [12] and Nicola Smania [1; 2]

Academic Editor: Leonardo dos Santos

1, Neuromotor and Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Center (CRRNC), Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy, univr.it

2, Neurorehabilitation Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, P.le Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy, ospedaleuniverona.it

3, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy

4, Rehabilitation Hospital of Motta di Livenza, Motta di Livenza, Italy

5, Private Clinic Villa Melitta, Neurological Rehabilitation, 39100 Bozen, Italy

6, Research Department for Neurorehabilitation South Tyrol, 39100 Bozen, Italy

7, School of Specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, univr.it

8, Azienda ULSS N. 9, Treviso, Italy

9, Azienda ULSS N. 15, Rehabilitation Unit, Alta Padovana, Cittadella, Italy

10, Azienda ULSS N. 1, Belluno, Italy

11, Department of Neurology, Hochzirl Hospital, Zirl, Austria, tirol-kliniken.at

12, Neurology Unit, Movement Disorders Division, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, univr.it

Received Jun 20, 2017; Accepted Oct 23, 2017

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1. Introduction

Up to 75% of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have impaired postural control, which can often lead to postural instability and an increased risk of falls as a consequence [1]. While postural instability in PD may involve dysfunctions in several subsystems [2, 3], it is the impaired multimodal integration of sensory feedback from the visual, proprioceptive, and vestibular systems that can predominantly contribute to deficits in gait and balance [4, 5] as seen in other neurological conditions [6, 7]. Moreover, since dopaminergic medications have limited effects on postural instability in...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

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