Immediate effects of an individually designed functional ankle-foot orthosis on stance and gait in hemiparetic patients

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Pohl, Marcus ^a   Mehrholz, Jan ^a,b  

^a Klinik Bavaria in Kreischa GmbH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECELERATION; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SHOE; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SHOES;

EID: 33646747612     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215506cr951oa     Document Type: Article

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