Milestones in gait, balance, and falling

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1166-1174

  Nutt, John G ^a   Horak, Fay B ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Freezing of gait; Gait; Postural control

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FALLING; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 79957602351     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23588     Document Type: Review

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