Cerebellar damage produces context-dependent deficits in control of leg dynamics during obstacle avoidance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-163

  Morton, Susanne M ^a,b   Dordevic, Goran S ^a,c   Bastian, Amy J ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^d KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dysmetria; Human; Stepping; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERMETRIA; KINEMATICS; LEG; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 2442568711     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1776-y     Document Type: Article

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