Assessment of gait parameters and fatigue in MS patients during inpatient rehabilitation: A pilot trial

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-894

  Sacco, Rosaria ^b   Bussman, Rita ^a   Oesch, Peter ^a   Kesselring, Jürg ^a   Beer, Serafin ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Center   (Switzerland)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Gait; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INPATIENT REHABILITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAMETER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 79960005589     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5821-z     Document Type: Article

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