A biomechanical study of gait initiation in Huntington's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-288

  Delval, A ^a,b   Krystkowiak, P ^a,b   Blatt, J L ^a,b   Labyt, E ^a,b   Bourriez, J L ^a,b   Dujardin, K ^a,b   Destee A ^a,b   Derambure, P ^a,b   Defebvre, L ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b MENRT   (France)

Author keywords

Akinesia; Chorea; Gait initiation; Huntington's disease; Hypokinesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; HYPOKINESIA; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33845998179     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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