Decreased Energy Cost and Improved Gait Pattern Using a New Orthosis in Persons With Long-Term Stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-186

  Thijssen, Dick H ^a   Paulus, Rebecca ^a   van Uden, Caro J ^a   Kooloos, Jan G ^a   Hopman, Maria T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Gait; Orthotic devices; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; ORTHOSIS; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOLUNTEER; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARESIS; WALKING;

EID: 33846515822     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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