Motor Control Test responses to balance perturbations in adults with an intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Hale, Leigh ^a   Miller, Rebekah ^a   Barach, Alice ^a   Skinner, Margot ^a   Gray, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Falls; Intellectual disability; Motor control test; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RESPONSE TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 61649111754     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250802683810     Document Type: Article

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