Sit-and-Reach Test can Predict Mobility of Patients Recovering from Acute Stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-98

  Tsang, Yuk Lan ^a   Mak, Margaret Kit ^b  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balance; Cerebrovascular accident; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SITTING; STANDING; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 0346098310     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00377-0     Document Type: Article

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