Leg orientation as a clinical sign for pusher syndrome

BMC Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Johannsen, Leif ^a,b   Broetz, Doris ^a   Karnath, Hans Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PUSHER SYNDROME; STROKE; TRUNK; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PARESIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; STROKE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33749346304     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-6-30     Document Type: Article

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