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Long-term effect of robot-assisted treadmill walking reduces freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease patients: a pilot study

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Acknowledgments

We thank the patients for study participation. Lars Timmermann is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KFO 219; TI 319/2-1) and the German Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF).

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The authors report no conflict of interest. All authors have no affiliation and have received no financial or in kind support from the manufacturers of the equipment used in this study.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Michael T. Barbe, Franka Cepuran, Martin Amarell & Lars Timmermann

  2. Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

    Michael T. Barbe

  3. UniReha GmbH, Center of Prevention and Rehabiliation, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Franka Cepuran & Eckhard Schoenau

  4. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Eckhard Schoenau

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Barbe, M.T., Cepuran, F., Amarell, M. et al. Long-term effect of robot-assisted treadmill walking reduces freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease patients: a pilot study. J Neurol 260, 296–298 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6703-3

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