Gait parameters associated with responsiveness to treadmill training with body-weight support after stroke: An exploratory study

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-223

  Mulroy, Sara J ^a   Klassen, Tara ^b   Gronley, Joanne K ^a   Eberly, Valerie J ^a   Brown, David A ^c,d   Sullivan, Katherine J ^e  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 76349120844     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090141     Document Type: Article

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