Stance perturbation-evoked potentials in old people with poor gait and balance

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2026-2032

  Duckrow, R B ^a   Abu Hasaballah, K ^a   Whipple, R ^a   Wolfson, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Gait disorder; Sensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING;

EID: 0032746264     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00195-9     Document Type: Article

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