Afferent control of walking: Are there distinct deficits associated to loss of fibres of different diameter?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 327-335

  Nardone, Antonio ^a,b   Corna, Stefano ^a   Turcato, Anna Maria ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^a,c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance; Charcot Marie Tooth type 1A disease; Diabetic polyneuropathy; Locomotion; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; GAIT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDING; TENDON REFLEX; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; YOUNG ADULT;

BALANCE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH TYPE 1A DISEASE; DIABETIC POLYNEUROPATHY; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; WALKING;

EID: 84892485595     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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