Capacity to increase walking speed is limited by impaired hip and ankle power generation in lower functioning persons post-stroke

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-137

  Jonkers, I ^a,b   Delp, S ^b   Patten, C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Kinematics; Power; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE PLANTARFLEXION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HIP; HIP FLEXION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 57649222299     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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