Reducing the energy cost of hemiparetic gait using center of mass feedback: A pilot study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-347

  Massaad, Firas ^a   Lejeune, Thierry M ^a   Detrembleur, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Energy consumption; Gait; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENERGY COST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 77951126800     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309349927     Document Type: Article

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