Speed- and cane-related alterations in gait parameters in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-142

  Gianfrancesco, Milena A ^a   Triche, Elizabeth W ^b   Fawcett, Jennifer A ^c   Labas, Michele P ^c   Patterson, Tara S ^a,d   Lo, Albert C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Gait; Multiple sclerosis; Spatiotemporal parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VELOCITY; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650605759     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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