Balance dysfunction in childhood anxiety: Findings and theoretical approach

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-356

  Erez, Orit ^a   Gordon, Carlos R ^b   Sever, Jonathan ^c   Sadeh, Avi ^a   Mintz, Matti ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balance disorder; Balance tasks; Childhood anxiety; Classical conditioning; Emotional conditioning; Motor conditioning; Two stage theory of learning; Vestibular impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 2342479736     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00291-8     Document Type: Article

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