Gait and balance in essential tremor: Variable effects of bilateral thalamic stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 386-391

  Earhart, Gammon M ^a,b   Clark, B Ruth ^a,b   Tabbal, Samer D ^b   Perlmutter, Joel S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651101181     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22356     Document Type: Article

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