Test-retest reliability of the GAITRite system in people with stroke undergoing rehabilitation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 1848-1853

  Kuys, Suzanne S ^a,b,c   Brauer, Sandra G ^a   Ada, Louise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gait; GAITRite; measurement; reliability; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 80052060491     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.549895     Document Type: Article

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