Laboratory-free measurement of gait rhythmicity in the assessment of the degree of impairment and the effectiveness of rehabilitation in patients with vertigo resulting from vestibular hypofunction

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 697-705

  Perring, S ^a   Summers, T ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance assessment; Gait variability; Vertigo; Vestibular hypofunction

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT;

BALANCE ASSESSMENT; GAIT VARIABILITY; MEAN STANDARD DEVIATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; PORTABLE SYSTEM; STANDARD DEVIATION; T-TESTS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR HYPOFUNCTION; VESTIBULAR IMPAIRMENTS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAIT; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; WALKING;

EID: 34249716722     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/6/008     Document Type: Article

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