Treadmill Aerobic Exercise Improves Quadriceps Strength in Patients with Chronic Hemiparesis Following Stroke: A Preliminary Report

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-118

  Smith, Gerald V ^a   Macko, Richard F ^a,b   Goldberg, Andrew P ^b   Silver, Kenneth H C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Isokinetic dynamometry; Stroke rehabilitation; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STROKE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0032447023     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596839801200306     Document Type: Article

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