An exploration of impaired walking dynamics and fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Burschka, Janina M ^a,b   Keune, Philipp M ^b   Menge, Uwe ^b   Oy, Ulrich H ^b   Oschmann, Patrick ^b   Hoos, Olaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

12 minute walk; 12MW; 6 minute walk; 6MW; Ambulation; Linear trend; Multiple sclerosis; U shape; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84871546917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-161     Document Type: Article

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