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----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Riess" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 9:41 AM 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: __61_____ > > NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH PD: __9______ > > DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TREMOR? ___no______ > > DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH WALKING? ___yes______ > > FREEZING IN DOORWAYS? __yes______ > > SHUFFLING GAIT? ___yes_____ > > PROBLEMS STARTING TO WALK? __yes_______ > > PROBLEMS SUSTAINING WALKING? __yes_______ > > DO EVER FEEL AS THOUGH YOUR FEET ARE "GLUED TO THE FLOOR"? __yes________ > > DO YOU FIND THAT STEPPING OVER OBJECTS ON THE FLOOR IS HELPFUL FOR WALKING? > __yes_______ > > DO YOU FIND THAT YOU DON'T FREEZE WHILE WALKING UP OR DOWN STAIRS? __yes_______ > > ARE SOME FLOOR PATTERNS EASIER FOR YOU TO WALK ACROSS (for example, cracks in > the sidewalk)? __yes_________ > > Thank you for your response. For your information I will publish the > results of this survey on the PD listserver. > > Tom Riess > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn