Improving balance skills in patients who had stroke through virtual reality treadmill training

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 969-978

  Yang, Saiwei ^a   Hwang, Wei Hsung ^a   Tsai, Yi Ching ^a   Liu, Fu Kang ^b   Hsieh, Lin Fen ^c   Chern, Jen Suh ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Stroke; Treadmill Exercise; Virtual Reality; Weight Shifting

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STROKE; WALKING;

AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING;

EID: 81855176112     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3182389fae     Document Type: Article

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