Evaluation of abnormalities of orthostatic postural control in systemic sclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-302

  Giacomini, Pier Giorgio ^b,c   Zoli, Angelo ^a   Ferraro, Simona ^b   Raffaldi, Arianna Valeria ^b   Bartolozzi, Francesco ^a   Di Girolamo, Stefano ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ENT Division   (Italy)

Author keywords

Postural alterations; Posturography; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ILOPROST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VISION;

DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 20444460284     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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