Visual-vestibular control of posture and gait: Physiological mechanisms and disorders

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-11

  Bronstein, Adolfo M ^a   Guerraz, Michel ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; DISABILITY; GAIT; HUMAN; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; TREMOR; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; TREMOR; VESTIBULE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032977658     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199902000-00002     Document Type: Review

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