Mobility and falls in people with Huntington's disease

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-

  Busse, M E ^a   Wiles, C M ^a   Rosser, A E ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INDEPENDENCE SCALE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK; TOTAL FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY SCORE; UNIFIED HUNTINGTON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; AGED; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58249089518     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.147793     Document Type: Article

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