Balance control in Sensory Neuron Disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 538-550

  Nardone, Antonio ^a   Galante, Massimo ^a   Pareyson, Davide ^b   Schieppati, Marco ^c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body sway; Dynamic equilibrium; Long loop reflex; Postural perturbation; Sensory Neuron Disease; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; STANDING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AGED; ATAXIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 33846839388     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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