The balance and gait disorder of essential tremor: What does this mean for patients?

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-236

  Arkadir, David ^a   Louis, Elan D ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; clinical; essential tremor; falls; gait

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84880373354     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: 17562864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285612471415     Document Type: Article

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