Does functional strength training of the leg in subacute stroke improve physical performance? A pilot randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 911-921

  Bale, Marte ^a,c   Inger Strand, Liv ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedics   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Førde Sentralsjukehus ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDING; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 55349146951     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215508090092     Document Type: Article

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