Effect of Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO) on Body Sway and Walking Capacity of Hemiparetic Stroke Patients

The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 395-401

  Mojica, Jose Alvin P ^a   Nakamura, Ryuichi ^a   Kobayashi, Tsunesaburo ^a   Handa, Taketoshi ^a   Morohashi, Isamu ^a   Watanabe, Sayuri ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFO; body sway; stroke; walking speed

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STROKE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ANKLE; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES;

EID: 0024266072     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.156.395     Document Type: Article

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