Pushing and pulling with the upper extremities while standing: The effects of mild Alzheimer dementia and Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-268

  Elble, Rodger J ^a   Leffler, Keith ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Motor control; Parkinson's disease; Postural control

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STANDING; TORQUE; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034068168     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200003)15:2<255::AID-MDS1008>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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