Quantification of postural sway in adult Down's syndrome

Developmental Brain Dysfunction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-214

  Vieregge, Peter ^a   Schulze Rava, Harald ^a   Wessel, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Down's syndrome; Posturography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMBALANCE; MALE; STABILOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029790885     PISSN: 10195815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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