Voluntary stepping behavior under single- and dual-task conditions in chronic stroke survivors: A comparison between the involved and uninvolved legs

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1082-1087

  Melzer, Itshak ^a   Goldring, Melissa ^a   Melzer, Yehudit ^a,b   Green, Elad ^a   Tzedek, Irit ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Maccabi Health Care Organization   (Israel)

^c Hydrotherapy Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Stroke; Voluntary step execution times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME; STROKE;

EID: 77957020862     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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