Disturbances of dynamic balance in phasic cervical dystonia

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 807-810

  Muller J ^a   Ebersbach, G ^a   Wissel, J ^a   Brenneis, C ^a   Badry, L ^a   Poewe, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Tirol Kliniken GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Balance control; Cervical dystonia; Posturography

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0032744343     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.6.807     Document Type: Article

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