Stance instability in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 510-516

  Bunn, Lisa M ^a,b   Marsden, Jonathan F ^b   Giunti, Paola ^a   Day, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Body sway; Cerebellum; SCA6; Stance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND RATING OF ATAXIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STANCE INSTABILITY; STANDING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 84876142979     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25163     Document Type: Article

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