The impact of different types of assistive devices on gait measures and safety in Huntington's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kloos, Anne D ^a   Kegelmeyer, Deborah A ^a   White, Susan E ^a   Kostyk, Sandra K ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; WHEELCHAIR; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF HELP; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; GAIT; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WALKING;

EID: 84857148567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030903     Document Type: Article

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