Combined effects of fast treadmill walking and functional electrical stimulation on post-stroke gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-313

  Kesar, Trisha M ^a   Reisman, Darcy S ^a   Perumal, Ramu ^a   Jancosko, Angela M ^b   Higginson, Jill S ^a   Rudolph, Katherine S ^a   Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Magee Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast walking; Functional electrical stimulation; Gait; Stroke; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STROKE; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 79951549173     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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