Gait training of patients after stroke using an electromechanical gait trainer combined with simultaneous functional electrical stimulation

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1282-1294

  Tong, Raymond K Y ^a   Ng, Maple F W ^a   Li, Leonard S W ^b,c   So, Elaine F M ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Rehabilitation Unit   (Australia)

^c TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Electrical stimulation; Gait; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

5 METER TIMED WALKING TEST; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL AMBULATION CATEGORIES SCALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTRICITY INDEX; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748445301     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20050183     Document Type: Article

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