Continued recovery in an adult with cerebellar ataxia

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-158

  Freund, Jane E ^a   Stetts, Deborah M ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871908431     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2012.699605     Document Type: Article

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