Biomechanical impairments and gait adaptations post-stroke: Multi-factorial associations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1673-1677

  Cruz, Theresa Hayes ^a,b   Lewek, Michael D ^c   Dhaher, Yasin Y ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Pelvis; Strength; Torque coupling

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOR; CONTROL SUBJECT; FRONTAL PLANE KINEMATICS; FRONTAL PLANES; GAIT; GAIT ADAPTATION; GAIT SPEED; JOINT STRENGTH; KNEE FLEXIONS; MULTI-JOINT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REHABILITATION STRATEGY; SAGITTAL PLANE; STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEED; TORQUE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; TORQUE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 67651172804     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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