Seated bilateral leg exercise effects on hemiparetic lower extremity function in chronic stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-253

  Johannsen, Leif ^a   Wing, Alan Miles ^a   Pelton, Trudy ^a   Kitaka, Kizito ^a   Zietz, Doerte ^a   Brittle, Nicola ^a   Van Vliet, Paulette ^b   Riddoch, Jane ^a   Sackley, Cath ^a   McManus, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral exercise; Gait; Rhythmic auditory cueing; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL ARM TRAINING WITH RHYTHMIC AUDITORY CUEING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG; LEG EXERCISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEATED BILATERAL LEG TRAINING WITH RHYTHMIC AUDITORY CUEING; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 77749304762     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309347679     Document Type: Article

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