Is visuospatial hemineglect longitudinally associated with postural imbalance in the postacute phase of stroke?

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 819-824

  Van Nes, Ilse J W ^a,b   Van Kessel, Marlies E ^b   Schils, Fanny ^a   Fasotti, Luciano ^b   Geurts, Alexander C H ^b,c   Kwakkel, Gert ^d,e,f  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Posture; Stroke; Visuospatial hemineglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STANDING; STROKE; WALKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 70349278541     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309336148     Document Type: Article

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