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From: Thomas Riess <[log in to unmask]> Subject: (no subject) Dear Listmembers, As some of you may know over the past several years, myself (a parkinsonian) in collaboration with the Human Interface Technology lab (part of the University of Washington) have been developing special gait cueing glasses to assist parkinsonians in overcoming walking problems. The purpose of the survey is to determine how common certain experiences are among parkinsonians. By responding to the following few questions you can assist us in furthering this research. AGE: __56_____ NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH PD: __7______ DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TREMOR? ___YES______ DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH WALKING? ___AT TIMES______ FREEZING IN DOORWAYS? ___NO_____ SHUFFLING GAIT? ___ON RISING_____ PROBLEMS STARTING TO WALK? ___NO______ PROBLEMS SUSTAINING WALKING? ____AT TIMES_____ DO EVER FEEL AS THOUGH YOUR FEET ARE "GLUED TO THE FLOOR"? ___OCCASIONALLY_______ DO YOU FIND THAT STEPPING OVER OBJECTS ON THE FLOOR IS HELPFUL FOR WALKING? ___GOOD THERAPY______ DO YOU FIND THAT YOU DON'T FREEZE WHILE WALKING UP OR DOWN STAIRS? ___I DON'T FREEZE______ ARE SOME FLOOR PATTERNS EASIER FOR YOU TO WALK ACROSS (for example, cracks in the sidewalk)? ___NOT NOTICEABLY________ Thank you for your response. For your information I will publish the results of this survey on the PD listserver. Tom Riess ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- End of forwarded message ------- Best regards ....... murray [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn