Gait initiation characteristics in elderly patients with unilateral vestibular impairment

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 661-667

  Henriksson, Marketta ^a   Henriksson, Jan ^a   Bergenius, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Center of pressure; Dizziness; EMG; Forces; Hypermetria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; UNSTEADINESS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 79955140159     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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