Features of gait most responsive to tap test in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-461

  Ravdin, Lisa D ^a   Katzen, Heather L ^a,b   Jackson, Anna E ^a   Tsakanikas, Diamanto ^a   Assuras, Stephanie ^a   Relkin, Norman R ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidacy for shunt; Gait assessment; Gait disorders; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Neurologic; Tap test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; RATING SCALE; TAP TEST; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43149112047     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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