Development and testing of the Gait Assessment and Intervention Tool (G.A.I.T.): A measure of coordinated gait components

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Daly, J J ^a,b   Nethery, J ^b   McCabe, J P ^b   Brenner, I ^b   Rogers, J ^b   Gansen, J ^b   Butler, K ^b   Burdsall, R ^b   Roenigk, K ^b   Holcomb, J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Cleveland Medical Center   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Gait; Gait components; Gait measurement; Motor learning; Neurorehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; GAIT ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION TOOL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 60749100894     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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