Proximal movements compensate for distal forelimb movement impairments in a reach-to-eat task in Huntington's disease: New insights into motor impairments in a real-world skill

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 560-569

  Klein, Alexander ^a,c   Sacrey, Lori Ann R ^b   Dunnett, Stephen B ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^b   Nikkhah, Guido ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Neurodegenerative disease; Reaching behavior; Skilled limb movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 78650599245     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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