Gait and balance impairment in early multiple sclerosis in the absence of clinical disability

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 620-628

  Martin, C L ^a   Phillips, Beverley A ^a,e   Kilpatrick, T J ^a,b   Butzkueven, H ^a,b   Tubridy, N ^b,d   McDonald, E ^c   Galea, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MS Society of New South Wales Victoria   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; VELOCITY; WALKING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 34250771663     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506070658     Document Type: Article

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