Pedometer step counts in individuals with neurological conditions

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Elsworth, Charlotte ^a,b   Dawes, Helen ^a,c   Winward, Charlotte ^a,d   Howells, Ken ^a   Collett, Johnny ^a   Dennis, Andrea ^a   Sackley, Catherine ^b   Wade, Derick ^d  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOM ERROR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 55349148020     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215508098895     Document Type: Article

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