Sensory organization abilities during upright stance in late-onset Alzheimer's-type dementia

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-390

  Dickin, D Clark ^a   Rose, Debra J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SENSORY SYSTEM; STANDING; VISION;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTURE;

EID: 4544282933     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730490484416     Document Type: Article

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