Motor imagery for gait rehabilitation in post-stroke hemiparesis

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1167-1177

  Dickstein, Ruth ^a,b   Dunsky, Ayelet ^a   Marcovitz, Emanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Flieman Geriatric Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gait; Hemiparesis; Mental practice; Motor imagery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 10044279474     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.12.1167     Document Type: Article

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