Anterior ankle-foot orthosis effects on postural stability in hemiplegic patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1587-1592

  Chen, Chiung Ling ^a   Yeung, Kwok Tak ^a   Wang, Chun Hou ^b   Chu, Hsu Tung ^b   Yeh, Chen Yu ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taichung Rehabilitation Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032762787     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90335-0     Document Type: Article

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