Role of hypokinesia and bradykinesia in gait disturbances in Huntington's disease: A biomechanical study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-80

  Delval, Arnaud ^a   Krystkowiak, Pierre ^a   Blatt, Jean Louis ^a   Labyt, Etienne ^a   Dujardin, Kathy ^a   Destée, Alain ^a   Derambure, Philippe ^a   Defebvre, Luc ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bradykinesia; Chorea; Gait; Huntington's disease; Hypokinesia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTOSINE; GUANOSINE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRADYKINESIA; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPERKINESIA; HYPOKINESIA; INDIVIDUALITY; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; HYPERKINESIS; HYPOKINESIA; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 31544464137     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0929-2     Document Type: Article

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