Gait training strategies utilized in poststroke rehabilitation: Are we really making a difference?

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Bogey, Ross ^a,b   Hornby, T George ^b,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Motor recovery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTED TREADMILL TRAINING; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TRAINING; TREADMILL; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STROKE;

EID: 36348946345     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1406-1     Document Type: Review

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