Altered timing of postural reflexes contributes to falling in persons with chronic stroke

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-468

  Marigold, Daniel S ^a,b,c   Eng, Janice J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Falls; Perturbation; Postural control; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STROKE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRUNK;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33744787627     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0293-6     Document Type: Article

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