Longitudinal tracking of gait and balance impairments in cerebellar disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1944-1952

  Morton, Susanne M ^a   Tseng, Ya Weng ^b   Zackowski, Kathleen M ^c,d   Daline, Jaclyn R ^e   Bastian, Amy J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; Clinical assessment; ICARS; Sensitivity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE DISORDER; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STANDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; GAIT; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77956808527     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23169     Document Type: Article

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