Vibrotactile neurofeedback balance training in patients with Parkinson's disease: Reducing the number of falls

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-200

  Rossi Izquierdo, Marcos ^a   Ernst, Arne ^b   Soto Varela, Andrés ^c   Santos Pérez, Sofía ^c   Faraldo García, Ana ^c   Sesar Ignacio, ángel ^c   Basta, Dietmar ^b  

^a University Hospital Lucus Augusti   (Spain)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balance training; Body sway analysis; Parkinson's disease; VertiGuard; Vibrotactile neurofeedback training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; STABILOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBROTACTILE AIDS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROFEEDBACK; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 84872682104     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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