title: Recent advances in the assessment and treatment of falls in Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Falls are among the most incapacitating features of Parkinson's disease. Prevention of falls requires a systematic assessment of all contributing factors (with emphasis on freezing of gait and frontal executive dysfunction), and a multidisciplinary treatment approach tailored to the specific pathophysiology of falls for each individual patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anke H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Snijders
authors.forename: Jorik
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nonnekes
authors.forename: Bastiaan R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bloem