Variability in spatiotemporal step characteristics and its relationship to walking performance post-stroke

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 408-414

  Balasubramanian, Chitralakshmi K ^a   Neptune, Richard R ^b   Kautz, Steven A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Gait variability; Motor control; Spatiotemporal; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 60449086040     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.10.061     Document Type: Article

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