Effect of Different Walking Aids on Walking Capacity of Patients With Poststroke Hemiparesis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1408-1413

  Allet, Lara ^a   Leemann, Beatrice ^a   Guyen, Emmanuel ^a   Murphy, Laura ^a   Monnin, Dominique ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Schnider, Armin ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Neurology; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; GAIT DISORDER; HAND GRIP; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; STROKE; WALKING AID;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CANES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARESIS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 67849116437     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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