Locomotor training improves daily stepping activity and gait efficiency in individuals poststroke who have reached a "plateau" in recovery

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Moore, Jennifer L ^a   Roth, Elliot J ^a,b   Killian, Clyde ^c   Hornby, T George ^a,b,d  

^a Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Locomotion; Physiotherapy; Stroke recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TRAINING; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 74049087411     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.563247     Document Type: Article

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