Higher-level gait disorders: An open frontier

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1560-1565

  Nutt, John G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Gait; Gait disorders; Locomotor circuits

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; CLASSIFICATION; COORDINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; WHITE MATTER LESION;

BALANCE; FALLS; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS; LOCOMOTOR CIRCUITS;

GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84885714481     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25673     Document Type: Review

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