The influence of somatosensory and muscular deficits on postural stabilization: Insights from an instrumented analysis of subjects affected by different types of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 640-645

  Lencioni, Tiziana ^a   Piscosquito, Giuseppe ^b   Rabuffetti, Marco ^a   Bovi, Gabriele ^a   Calabrese, Daniela ^b   Aiello, Alessia ^c   Di Sipio, Enrica ^a   Padua, Luca ^a   Diverio, Manuela ^d   Pareyson, Davide ^b   Ferrarin, Maurizio ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Polo Riabilitativo del Levante Ligure Foundation Don Gnocchi Onlus   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance impairment; Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Large and small sensory fibers; Muscle weakness; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPLICATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937630395     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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