Reliability and validity of bilateral thigh and foot accelerometry measures of walking in healthy and hemiparetic subjects

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-305

  Saremi, Kaveh ^a   Marehbian, Jon ^a   Yan, Xiaohong ^a   Regnaux, Jean Philippe ^b   Elashoff, Robert ^a   Bussel, Bernard ^b   Dobkin, Bruce H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Gait analysis; Locomotion; Stroke rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; VALIDITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH; WALKING;

EID: 33646531214     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306287171     Document Type: Article

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