People preferentially increase hip joint power generation to walk faster following traumatic brain injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 550-558

  Williams, Gavin ^a,b   Morris, Meg E ^b   Schache, Anthony ^b   McCrory, Paul R ^b  

^a EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; brain injury; gait; postural balance; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954075982     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309357925     Document Type: Article

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