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Richard Walker
Researcher at Newcastle University
Publications - 302
Citations - 13000
Richard Walker is an academic researcher from Newcastle University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 272 publications receiving 10406 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard Walker include University of Ibadan & Princess Alexandra Hospital.
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Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results.
Christopher G. Goetz,Barbara C. Tilley,Stephanie R. Shaftman,Glenn T. Stebbins,Stanley Fahn,Pablo Martinez-Martin,Werner Poewe,Cristina Sampaio,Matthew B. Stern,Richard Dodel,Bruno Dubois,Robert G. Holloway,Joseph Jankovic,Jaime Kulisevsky,Anthony E. Lang,Andrew J. Lees,Sue Leurgans,Peter A. LeWitt,David L. Nyenhuis,C. Warren Olanow,Olivier Rascol,Anette Schrag,Jeanne A. Teresi,Jacobus J. van Hilten,Nancy R. LaPelle,Pinky Agarwal,Saima Athar,Yvette Bordelan,Helen Bronte-Stewart,Richard Camicioli,Kelvin L. Chou,Wendy Cole,Arif Dalvi,Holly Delgado,Alan Diamond,Jeremy P.R. Dick,John E. Duda,Rodger J. Elble,Carol Evans,V. G. H. Evidente,Hubert H. Fernandez,Susan H. Fox,Joseph H. Friedman,Robin D. Fross,David A. Gallagher,Deborah A. Hall,Neal Hermanowicz,Vanessa K. Hinson,Stacy Horn,Howard I. Hurtig,Un Jung Kang,Galit Kleiner-Fisman,Olga Klepitskaya,Katie Kompoliti,Eugene C. Lai,Maureen L. Leehey,Iracema Leroi,Kelly E. Lyons,Terry McClain,Steven W. Metzer,Janis M. Miyasaki,John C. Morgan,Martha Nance,Joanne Nemeth,Rajesh Pahwa,Sotirios A. Parashos,Jay S. Schneider,Kapil D. Sethi,Lisa M. Shulman,Andrew Siderowf,Monty Silverdale,Tanya Simuni,Mark Stacy,Robert Malcolm Stewart,Kelly L. Sullivan,David M. Swope,Pettaruse M. Wadia,Richard Walker,Ruth H. Walker,William J. Weiner,Jill Wiener,Jayne R. Wilkinson,Joanna M. Wojcieszek,Summer C. Wolfrath,Frederick Wooten,Allen Wu,Theresa A. Zesiewicz,Richard M. Zweig +87 more
TL;DR: The combined clinimetric results of this study support the validity of the MDS‐UPDRS for rating PD.
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Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study
TL;DR: Falls are a common problem in Parkinson's disease and some of the major risk factors are potentially modifiable, and there is a need for future studies to look at interventions to prevent falls.
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Burden of stroke in black populations in sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: The prevalence of stroke is lower than in high-income regions, but disabling stroke is as prevalent, and as the region develops economically, the incidence of stroke and other vascular diseases will increase unless interventions are implemented.
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Stroke incidence in rural and urban Tanzania: a prospective, community-based study
Richard Walker,Richard Walker,David Whiting,David Whiting,Nigel Unwin,Ferdinand Mugusi,Mark Swai,Eric Aris,Ahmed Jusabani,Gregory Kabadi,William K. Gray,Mary Lewanga,George Alberti +12 more
TL;DR: Age- standardised stroke incidence rates in Hai were similar to those seen in developed countries; however, age-standardised incidence ratesIn Dar-es-Salaam were higher than seen in most studies in developed nations; this could be because of a difference in the prevalence of risk factors and emphasises the importance of health screening at a community level.
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Stroke mortality in urban and rural Tanzania
Richard Walker,Donald G McLarty,H. M. Kitange,David Whiting,Gabriel Masuki,Deo M Mtasiwa,H Machibya,Nigel Unwin,KG Mm Alberti +8 more
TL;DR: The contribution of cerebrovascular disease to stroke mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is investigated in this article, where the authors found that the high rates in Tanzania were due to untreated hypertension.