Robot-assisted vs. sensory integration training in treating gait and balance dysfunctions in patients with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Gandolfi, Marialuisa ^a   Geroin, Christian ^a   Picelli, Alessandro ^a   Munari, Daniele ^a   Waldner, Andreas ^b   Tamburin, Stefano ^a   Marchioretto, Fabio ^c   Smania, Nicola ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Villa Melitta   (Italy)

^c SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor skills disorders; Physiological adaptations; Postural balance; Proprioception; Sensory feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GAIT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY INTEGRATION BALANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDING; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84901397655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00318     Document Type: Article

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