Does deep brain stimulation of the nucleus ventralis intermedius affect postural control and locomotion in Parkinson's disease?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 958-963

  Pinter, Michaela M ^a   Murg, Monika ^a   Alesch, Francois ^b   Freundl, Brigetta ^a   Helscher, Reinhard J ^a   Binder, Heinrich ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Locomotion; Nucleus ventralis intermedius; Postural stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REACTION TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; WALKING;

EID: 0032703528     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199911)14:6<958::AID-MDS1008>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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