Dynamic posturography in evaluation of balance in patients of Parkinson's disease with normal pull test: Concept of a diagonal pull test

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 595-599

  Ganesan, Mohan ^a   Pal, Pramod Kumar ^a   Gupta, Anupam ^a   Sathyaprabha, Talakad N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Balance impairment; Dynamic posturography; Parkinson's disease; Postural instability; Pull test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABILOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958153887     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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