Association of pontine small infarction (lacuna) with disturbance of postural stability

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 138-143

  Nagahori, T ^a   Hirashima, Y ^b   Umemura, K ^a   Nakagawa, H ^b   Kamisaki, Y ^b   Origasa, H ^b   Endo, S ^b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pontine lacuna; Postural stability; Stabilometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; POSTURE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 2342528945     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077064     Document Type: Article

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