Speed-dependent temporospatial gait variability and long-range correlations in cerebellar ataxia

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-218

  Wuehr, M ^a   Schniepp, R ^a   Ilmberger, J ^a   Brandt, T ^a   Jahn, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar gait disorder; Detrended fluctuation analysis; Dynamic pattern theory; Dynamic postural stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IDIOPATHIC SPORADIC ATAXIA; INHERITED SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPOROSPATIAL GAIT VARIABILITY; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 84872676456     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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