Step length asymmetry is representative of compensatory mechanisms used in post-stroke hemiparetic walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 538-543

  Allen, Jessica L ^a   Kautz, Steven A ^b,c   Neptune, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait kinetics; Post stroke; Rehabilitation; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 79955136124     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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