Body weight-supported treadmill training versus conventional gait training for people with chronic traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 402-415

  Brown, Tracy H ^a   Mount, Julie ^b   Rouland, Bethany L ^a   Kautz, Katherine A ^a   Barnes, Renee M ^a   Kim, Jihye ^a  

^a Beechwood Rehabilitation Services   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight support; Gait training; Head injury; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RAILWAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING AID;

EID: 25144494519     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-200509000-00002     Document Type: Article

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