Gait assessment during the initial fitting of an ankle foot orthosis in individuals with stroke

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Rao, Noel ^a   Chaudhuri, Gouri ^a   Hasso, Daniel ^b   D'Souza, Keith ^a   Wening, Jason ^b   Carlson, Cheryl ^a   Aruin, Alexander S ^a,c  

^a MARIANJOY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Scheck and Siress   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; gait; orthotic devices; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOTICS; PARESIS; STROKE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 62449310579     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17483100801973023     Document Type: Article

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