Procedure for the quantitative evaluation of motor disturbances in cerebellar ataxic patients

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-356

  Ferrarin, Maurizio ^a   Gironi, M ^a   Mendozzi, L ^a   Nemni, R ^a,b   Mazzoleni, P ^a   Rabuffetti, M ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ataxia; ICARS; Motor rehabilitation; Movement analysis; Movement disorders; Tremor

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PLANNING;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ATAXIA RATING SCALE (ICARS); MOTOR DISTURBANCES;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 22544487186     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345812     Document Type: Article

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