Rhythmic auditory stimulation improves gait more than NDT/Bobath training in near-ambulatory patients early poststroke: A single-blind, randomized trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-459

  Thaut, M H ^a   Leins, A K ^b   Rice, R R ^c   Argstatter, H ^b   Kenyon, G P ^a   McIntosh, G C ^c   Bolay, H V ^b   Fetter, M ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b SRH UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Poudre Valley Hospital   (United States)

^d Colorado State University ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Gait rehabilitation; Rhythmic auditory stimulation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BARTHEL INDEX; BOBATH TRAINING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER SCLAE; GAIT; GENDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547851765     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968307300523     Document Type: Article

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