Individuals with post-stroke hemiparesis are able to use additional sensory information to reduce postural sway

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-11

  Cunha, B P ^a   Alouche, S R ^a   Araujo, I M G ^a   Freitas, S M S F ^a  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Center of pressure; Cerebrovascular accident; Quiet standing; Tactile information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STANDING; STROKE; TOUCH; VELOCITY; VISION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; STROKE; TOUCH;

EID: 84858153570     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.01.053     Document Type: Article

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