Analysis of gait and balance through a single triaxial accelerometer in presymptomatic and symptomatic Huntington's disease

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-54

  Dalton, Anthony ^a   Khalil, Hanan ^b   Busse, Monica ^b   Rosser, Anne ^b,c   van Deursen, Robert ^b   ÓLaighin, Gearóid ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Balance; Gait; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STERNUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; VELOCITY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84870294979     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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