Dynamometric assessment of the plantarflexors in hemiparetic subjects: Relations between muscular, gait and clinical parameters

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 137-146

  Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Gravel, Denis ^a,b   Arsenault, A Bertrand ^a,b   Bourbonnais, Daniel ^a,b   Goyette, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Function; Gait; Hemiplegia; Plantarflexors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TARSAL JOINTS;

EID: 0030837078     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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