Role of attentional resources on gait performance in Hungtington's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 684-689

  Delval, Arnaud ^a   Krystkowiak, Pierre ^a   Delliaux, Marie ^a   Dujardin, Kathy ^a   Blatt, Jean Louis ^a   Destée, Alain ^a   Derambure, Philippe ^a   Defebvre, Luc ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Dual task; Executive functions; Gait; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KINEMATICS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VELOCITY; WALKING; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449100610     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21896     Document Type: Article

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