Virtual Reality-Enhanced Partial Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training Poststroke: Feasibility and Effectiveness in 6 Subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-122

  Walker, Martha L ^a   Ringleb, Stacie I ^b   Maihafer, George C ^a   Walker, Robert ^d   Crouch, Jessica R ^c   Van Lunen, Bonnie ^a   Morrison, Steven ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c ECS Building   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSOR; STROKE; TELEVISION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 73049097932     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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