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Fear of falling is independently associated with recurrent falls in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a 1-year prospective study by Mak, Margaret K. Y., Pang, Marco Y. C.

“…The present study aimed to examine whether fear of falling (FoF) could independently predict recurrent falls in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Seventy…”
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Balance confidence and functional mobility are independently associated with falls in people with Parkinson’s disease by Mak, Margaret K. Y., Pang, Marco Y. C.

“…The present study aimed to examine the association of falls with self-perceived balance confidence level, and balance and mobility performance in patients with…”
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Parkinsonian single fallers versus recurrent fallers: different fall characteristics and clinical features by Mak, Margaret K. Y., Pang, Marco Y. C.

“…The study aimed to compare the fall characteristics between parkinsonian single (P-SF) and recurrent fallers (P-RF), and the clinical features among…”
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Sudden turn during walking is impaired in people with Parkinson’s disease by Mak, Margaret K. Y., Patla, Aftab, Hui-Chan, Christina

“…The present study compared kinematic strategies for making sudden directional changes during walking between patients with Parkinson’s disease (PwPD) and…”
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Effects of Exercise on Falls, Balance, and Gait Ability in Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-analysis by Shen, Xia, Wong-Yu, Irene S. K., Mak, Margaret K. Y.

“…Postural instability and falls are complex and disabling features of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and respond poorly to anti-Parkinsonian medication. There is an…”
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Technology-Assisted Balance and Gait Training Reduces Falls in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 12-Month Follow-up by Shen, Xia, Mak, Margaret K. Y.

“…Objective. To examine the effects of technology-assisted balance and gait training on reducing falls in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods…”
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Balance and Gait Training With Augmented Feedback Improves Balance Confidence in People With Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Shen, Xia, Mak, Margaret K. Y.

“…Background. Fear of falling has been identified as an important and independent fall-risk predictor in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, there…”
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Six-Month Community-Based Brisk Walking and Balance Exercise Alleviates Motor Symptoms and Promotes Functions in People with Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Mak, Margaret K Y, Wong-Yu, Irene S K

“…In Parkinson's disease (PD), sustained aerobic exercise is a promising therapy in delaying motor disability. Brisk walking is a moderate intensity aerobic…”
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Cued task-specific training is better than exercise in improving sit-to-stand in patients with Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial by Mak, Margaret K.Y., Hui-Chan, Christina W.Y.

“…We examined whether 4 weeks of audio‐visual (AV) cued task‐specific training could enhance sit‐to‐stand (STS) and whether the treatment effects could outlast…”
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Gait Difficulty, Postural Instability, and Muscle Weakness Are Associated with Fear of Falling in People with Parkinson's Disease by Mak, Margaret K. Y., Mok, V. C. T., Pang, Marco Y. C.

“…The present study aimed to examine the contribution of gait impairment, postural stability and muscle weakness to the level of fear of falling in people with…”
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Reduced step length, not step length variability is central to gait hypokinesia in people with Parkinson's disease by Mak, Margaret K.Y

“…Abstract Objectives Previous studies found that people with Parkinson's disease (PD) walked at a slower speed and with significantly shorter stride length…”
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Could Exercise Be the Answer?: Disease Modification With Long-term Regular Physical Activity in Parkinson Disease by Mak, Margaret K. Y., Schwarz, Heidi Beck

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Trunk muscle strength, but not trunk rigidity, is independently associated with bone mineral density of the lumbar spine in patients with Parkinson's disease by Pang, Marco Y.C., Mak, Margaret K.Y.

“…Previous literature suggested that muscle forces applied to the skeleton may be an important factor in increasing bone mineral density (BMD). This purpose of…”
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Balance self-efficacy determines walking capacity in people with Parkinson's disease by Mak, Margaret K.Y., Pang, Marco Y.C.

“…This study aimed to examine the contribution of balance self‐efficacy to walking capacity in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Seventy‐one patients with…”
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Quantitative measurement of trunk rigidity in parkinsonian patients by MAK, Margaret K. Y, WONG, Eric C. Y, HUI-CHAN, Christina W. Y

“…We aimed to develop an objective measurement to quantify trunk rigidity in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and to examine its reliability, validity and…”
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Effectiveness of Balance Exercise and Brisk Walking on Alleviating Nonmotor and Motor Symptoms in People With Mild-to-Moderate Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial With 6-Month Follow-up by Mak, Margaret K.Y., Wong-Yu, Irene S.K., Cheung, Roy T.H., Ho, Shu-Leong

“…•We conducted a 6-month exercise randomized controlled trial on Parkinson disease.•The program consisted of balance exercise and brisk walking with 6-month…”
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Does Exercise Attenuate Disease Progression in People With Parkinson’s Disease? A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses by Li, Jiecheng A, Loevaas, Marte B., Guan, Catherine, Goh, Lina, Allen, Natalie E., Mak, Margaret K. Y., Lv, Jinglei, Paul, Serene S.

“…Introduction Exercise has many benefits for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and has been suggested to modify PD progression, but robust evidence…”
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Impaired Hand Function and Its Association With Self-Perceived Hand Functional Ability and Quality of Life in Parkinson Disease by Wong-Yu, Irene S.K., Ren, Longjun, Mak, Margaret K.Y.

“…Objective Comprehensive hand function in people with Parkinson disease (PD) has been underevaluated. The objectives were to compare self-perceived and…”
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Multi-dimensional balance training programme improves balance and gait performance in people with Parkinson's disease: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up by Wong-Yu, Irene S.K, Mak, Margaret K.Y

“…Abstract Introduction Previous studies have demonstrated that exercise interventions can improve balance and gait performance in people with Parkinson's…”
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Exercise for Parkinson's disease by Mak, Margaret K Y, Wong-Yu, Irene S K

“…Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease with a prevalence rate of 1-2 per 1000 of the population worldwide. Pharmacological…”
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