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Staircase climbing is not solely a visual compensation strategy to alleviate freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease

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M Gilat is supported by a University of Sydney International Scholarship. JM Hall is supported by a Western Sydney University Postgraduate Research Award. KA Ehgoetz Martens is supported by Parkinson Canada. JM Shine is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council CJ Martin Fellowship. CC Walton is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award at the University of Sydney. HG MacDougall is supported by a grant from the Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation. ST Moore is supported by NASA grant NNX12AM25G. SJG Lewis is supported by an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Fellowship.

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  1. Parkinson’s Disease Research Clinic, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, 100 Mallett Street, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia

    M. Gilat, J. M. Hall, K. A. Ehgoetz Martens, C. C. Walton & Simon J. G. Lewis

  2. School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

    J. M. Hall

  3. Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    J. M. Shine

  4. School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    H. G. MacDougall

  5. Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    S. T. Moore

  6. School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

    S. T. Moore

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Gilat, M., Hall, J.M., Ehgoetz Martens, K.A. et al. Staircase climbing is not solely a visual compensation strategy to alleviate freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol 264, 174–176 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8329-3

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