Usefulness of digital gait analysis for assessing patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 388-394

  Walton, Timothy ^a   Vincent, Mary ^b   Richards, Jim ^c   Davidson, Ian ^d  

^a Intermediate Neurological Rehabilitation Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Guillain Barr syndrome; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149113268     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2005.12.9.19743     Document Type: Article

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