An exercise intervention to improve diabetic patients' gait in a real-life environment

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-190

  Allet, L ^a,b   Armand, S ^a   Aminian, K ^c   Pataky, Z ^d   Golay, A ^d   de Bie, R A ^e   de Bruin, E D ^f  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical diabetes; Clinical science; Diabetic foot; Exercise; Gait disorders; Neuropathy; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE EXERCISE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GAIT EXERCISE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954656824     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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