A home balance exercise program improves walking in people with cerebellar ataxia

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 770-778

  Keller, Jennifer L ^a   Bastian, Amy J ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ataxia; exercise therapy; neurodegenerative diseases rehabilitation; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HOME BALANCE EXERCISE PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROPRIOCEPTION; TIMED UP AND GO; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84910046605     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314522350     Document Type: Article

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