Gait and balance performance improvements attributable to ankle-foot orthosis in subjects with hemiparesis

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 556-562

  Wang, Ray Yau ^a,b   Lin, Pei Yi ^a   Lee, Chao Chung ^c   Yang, Yea Ru ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankle foot orthosis; Balance; Gait; Hemiparesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; STROKE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS;

EID: 34250902372     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31806dd0d3     Document Type: Article

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