Optimal outcomes obtained with body-weight support combined with treadmill training in stroke subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1458-1465

  Barbeau, Hugues ^a   Visintin, Martha ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Hemiplegia; Patient care management; Rehabilitation; Treatment outcome; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; STROKE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 0141963201     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00361-7     Document Type: Article

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