Balance-Based Torso-Weighting May Enhance Balance in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: Preliminary Evidence

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 602-609

  Widener, Gail L ^a   Allen, Diane D ^b   Gibson Horn, Cynthia ^a  

^a SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 63349099941     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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