Guiding task-oriented gait training after stroke or spinal cord injury by means of a biomechanical gait analysis

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue , 2011, Pages 161-180

  Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b,c   Duclos, Cyril ^a,b,c   Bouyer, Laurent ^c,d   Richards, Carol L ^c,d  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CIHR Multidisciplinary Team in Locomotor Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; EMG; Gait training; Rehabilitation; Sensorimotor impairments; Therapeutic response

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION SCALE; ANKLE; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BOOK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GAIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 79960228069     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53355-5.00011-7     Document Type: Chapter

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