New Approach to Retrain Gait in Stroke and Spinal Cord Injured Subjects

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-178

  Barbeau, H ^a   Fung, J ^a   Visintin, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGY; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

EID: 0033502390     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596839901300305     Document Type: Article

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