Base of support is correct. I posted a query to the blogger. To see the comment and reply, go to: http://clinicalreflections.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/parkinsons-an-issue-of-spatial-perception/ Kathleen 2009/10/8 Nic Marais <[log in to unmask]> > Maybe, although it does not make sense to me in the context of the > paragraph: > > "The study compared 15 patients with freezing, 16 with PD but no freezing, > and 16 healthy controls and examined how doorway size affected gait – the > narrower the door, the more gait variability, shorter steps, and wider BOS > for those who experienced freezing, while those who did not were also > affected in that they had a wider BOS." > > Nic 57/15 > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:15 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > wider BOS..............base of support? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nic Marais <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Wed, Oct 7, 2009 2:24 am > > Subject: Re: Freezing - an issue of spatial perception? > > > > > > > > In the article they refer to a "Wider BOS". Can anyone please tell me > what > > BOS stands for. The best I could get was "Basic Operating System." > > > > Nic 57/15 > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:25 AM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Rayilyn Brown > > > Director AZNPF > > > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > From: Diane Wyshak > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:23 PM > > > To: [log in to unmask] ; ray ; don reed ; chew Nee Kong > > > Subject: Parkinson's - an issue of spatial perception? =AB Clinical > > > Reflections > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://clinicalreflections.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/parkinsons-an-issue-o= > > f-spatial-perception/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn