Differences in self-selected and fastest-comfortable walking in post-stroke hemiparetic persons

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Beaman, C B ^a   Peterson, C L ^a   Neptune, R R ^a   Kautz, S A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Stroke; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 76749090560     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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