Assessment of postural instability in patients with traumatic brain injury upon enrolment in a vocational adjustment programme

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 531-536

  Dehail, Patrick ^a   Petit, Hervé ^a   Joseph, Pierre Alain ^a   Vuadens, Philippe ^a,b   Mazaux, Jean Michel ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinique Romande de Readaptation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance impairment; Posturography; Return to work; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; STANDING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 34648825448     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0096     Document Type: Article

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