Effects of intensive gait-oriented physiotherapy during early acute phase of stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 637-648

  Peurala, Sinikka H ^a,b   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a   Jäkälä, Pekka ^a   Tarkka, Ina M ^c   Sivenius, Juhani ^a,c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute; Body weight supported gait; Cerebral infarction; Exercise therapy; Neurorehabilitation; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Task specific therapy; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE; BODY-WEIGHT SUPPORTED GAIT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; NEUROREHABILITATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION; STROKE; TASK-SPECIFIC THERAPY; WALKING;

MOTORS; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 61849146146     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.05.0039     Document Type: Article

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