Gait reveals bilateral adaptation of motor control in patients with chronic unilateral stroke

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Titianova, Ekaterina B ^a   Peurala, Sinikka H ^b,c   Pitkänen, Kauko ^b   Tarkka, Ina M ^b,d  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^b Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Gait analysis; Hemiparesis; Walkway

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; STEREOTYPY; STROKE; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 44449112740     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324759     Document Type: Article

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