Mechanisms of postural instability in hereditary spastic paraplegia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2387-2395

  Nonnekes, Jorik ^a   De Niet, Mark ^a   Nijhuis, Lars B Oude ^b   De Bot, Susanne T ^b   Van De Warrenburg, Bart P C ^b   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^b   Geurts, Alexander C ^a,c   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Hereditary spastic paraplegia; Postural control; Startle; StartReact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884354374     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7002-3     Document Type: Article

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