Task-oriented circuit class training program with motor imagery for gait rehabilitation in poststroke patients: A randomized controlled trial

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 620-632

  Verma, Rajesh ^a   Arya, Kamal ^a,b   Garg, R K ^a   Singh, Tejbir ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

gait; hemiparesis; motor imagery; stroke; task oriented circuit class training; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR IMAGERY; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TASK ORIENTED CIRCUIT CLASS TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PARESIS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 82255161120     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr18s01-620     Document Type: Article

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