The peripheral nervous system and the perception of verticality

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-208

  Mazibrada, G ^a   Tariq, S ^b   Perennou D ^c   Gresty, M ^c   Greenwood, R ^b,e   Bronstein, A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr syndrome; Somatosensory input; Subjective postural vertical; Subjective visual vertical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 38049064331     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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