Locomotion speed determines gait variability in cerebellar ataxia and vestibular failure

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-131

  Schniepp, Roman ^a   Wuehr, Maximilian ^a   Neuhaeusser, Maximilian ^a   Kamenova, Maria ^a   Dimitriadis, Konstantin ^a   Klopstock, Thomas ^a   Strupp, M ^a   Brandt, Thomas ^a   Jahn, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral vestibulopathy; Cerebellar ataxia; Gait analysis; Gait speed; Gait variability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECELERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84855953838     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23978     Document Type: Article

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