Routine clinical testing underestimates proprioceptive deficits in friedreich's ataxia

Cerebellum

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 916-922

  Borchers, Svenja ^a   Synofzik, Matthis ^a,b   Kiely, Elizabeth ^a   Himmelbach, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Friedreich's ataxia; Kinaesthesia; Position sense; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT POSITION SENSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTIVE DEFICIT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL POSITION SENSE; VIBRATION SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892444018     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-013-0508-5     Document Type: Article

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