Is it correct to always consider weight-bearing asymmetrically distributed in individuals with hemiparesis?

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 566-571

  Martins, Emerson Fachin ^a   De Araujo Barbosa, Paulo Henrique Ferreira ^a   De Menezes, Lidiane Teles ^a   De Sousa, Pedro Henrique Crtes ^a   Costa, Abraão Souza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROKE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; POSTURE; STROKE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80054851714     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2011.552312     Document Type: Article

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