Gait initiation in multiple sclerosis

Motor Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Remelius, Jebb G ^a   Hamill, Joseph ^a   Kent Braun, Jane ^a   Van Emmerik, Richard E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance control; Coordination; Stability boundary; Time to contact; Vector coding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 45549088881     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.12.2.93     Document Type: Article

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