Circuit class therapy for improving mobility after stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  English, Coralie ^a,b   Hillier, Susan L ^c   Lynch, Elizabeth A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCUIT CLASS THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL AMBULATION CLASSIFICATION AND THE RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GAIT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; STROKE IMPACT SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARM; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; WALK TEST; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ARM; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE REHABILITATION; WALK TEST; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 82255183522     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007513.pub3     Document Type: Review

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