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Thomas Riess wrote: > 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: ____54___ > > NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH PD: _18_______ > > DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TREMOR? __no_______ > > DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH WALKING? ___yes______ > > FREEZING IN DOORWAYS? ___yes_____ > > SHUFFLING GAIT? ____sometimes____ > > PROBLEMS STARTING TO WALK? ____sometimes_____ > > PROBLEMS SUSTAINING WALKING? ___when I freeze > > 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? > ______sometimes___ > > 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)? _not that I've noticed__________ > > 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