Importance of specificity, amount, and intensity of locomotor training to improve ambulatory function in patients poststroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-307

  Hornby, T ^a,b,c   Straube, Donald ^a   Kinnaird, Catherine ^b   Holleran, Carey ^b   Echauz, Anthony ^b   Rodriguez, Kelly ^b   Wagner, Eric ^b   Narducci, Elizabeth ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gait training; intensity; locomotion

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTOR TRAINING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REHABILITATION CARE; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 80052876500     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1804-293     Document Type: Article

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