Balance ability, not muscle strength and exercise endurance, determines the performance of hemiparetic subjects on the timed-sit-to-stand test

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 497-504

  Ng, Shamay S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balance; Hemiparesis; Sit to Stand Test; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DYNAMOMETER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952958503     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181d3e90a     Document Type: Article

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