Locomotor imagery training improves gait performance in people with chronic hemiparetic stroke: A controlled clinical trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 514-522

  Hwang, Sujin ^a   Jeon, Hye Seon ^a   Yi, Chung Hwi ^a   Kwon, Oh Yun ^a   Cho, Sang Hyun ^a   You, Sung Hyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; STROKE; WALKING;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 77953014186     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215509360640     Document Type: Article

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