Weight-bearing on the lower limbs in a sitting position during bilateral movement of the upper limbs in post-stroke hemiparetic subjects

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-246

  Messier, Sylvie ^a   Bourbonnais, Daniel ^a   Desrosiers, Johanne ^b,c   Roy, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilateral movement; Hemiparesis; Lower limbs; Stroke; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; PARESIS; SITTING; STROKE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 22644438391     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970510026007     Document Type: Article

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