Improving community ambulation after stroke: The AMBULATE trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ada, Louise ^a   Dean, Catherine M ^a   Lindley, Richard ^b   Lloyd, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WELLBEING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 62149148551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-8     Document Type: Article

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