Deficits underlying impaired visually triggered step adjustments in mildly affected stroke patients

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-400

  Nonnekes, Jorik H ^a,b   Talelli, Penny ^a   De Niet, Mark ^b   Reynolds, Raymond F ^c   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^b   Day, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Motor activity; Stroke; Visuomotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; STROKE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 77951142660     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309348317     Document Type: Article

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