The effects of posteroventral pallidotomy on balance function in patients with Parkinson's disease

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-87

  Westerberg, B D ^a   Roberson, J B ^b   Stach, B A ^c   Silverberg, G D ^d   Heit, Gary ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b California Ear Institute   (United States)

^c NS Speech and Hearing Clinic   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Posturography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0038395777     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070103     Document Type: Article

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