Improving gait stability in stroke hemiplegic patients with a plastic ankle-foot orthosis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Abe, Hiroaki ^a   Michimata, Akira ^a   Sugawara, Kazuyoshi ^b   Sugaya, Naoki ^c   Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Izumi Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Tohoku Kohsai Miyagino Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle foot orthosis; Coefficient of variation; Gait analysis; Gait stability; Hemplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION; VELOCITY; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; ANKLE; FOOT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 68849124422     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.218.193     Document Type: Article

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