Balance impairment in individuals with Wolfram syndrome

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 619-624

  Pickett, Kristen A ^a   Duncan, Ryan P ^a   Paciorkowski, Alex R ^b   Permutt, M Alan ^a   Marshall, Bess ^a   Hershey, Tamara ^a   Earhart, Gammon M ^a   Austin, P ^c   Bondurant, A ^c   Hoekel, J ^c   Hullar, ^c   Karzon, R ^c   Lapp, J ^c   Leey, J ^c   Lugar, H M ^c   Manwaring, L ^c   Nguyen, C ^c   Rutlin, J ^c   Shimony, J ^c   Viehoever, A ^c   Wasson, J ^c   White, N H ^c   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Balance; Clinical scale; Neurodevelopment; Pediatric rehabilitation; Wolfram syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOLFRAM SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864358705     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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