Minimal detectable change for gait variables collected during treadmill walking in individuals post-stroke

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-317

  Kesar, Trisha M ^a   Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^a   Hicks, Gregory E ^a   Reisman, Darcy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Hemiparesis; Minimal detectable change; Reliability; Stroke; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEMIPARESIS; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MINIMAL DETECTABLE CHANGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STROKE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL; WALKING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 79951550509     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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